Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025.

About the role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager for Hardware Engineering Dev, you will play a crucial part in the development, deployment, and monitoring of services that manage our bare-metal infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, external vendors, and other stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of highly performant and reliable infrastructure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response efforts by identifying and resolving service disruptions quickly, while coaching other junior team members through resolution.
• Lead the documentation of incidents, conduct in-depth root cause analysis (RCA), and drive post-incident reviews (PIRs) to identify systemic issues. Implement long-term improvements to prevent service degradation.
• Own the development and continuous improvement of incident response playbooks ensuring preparedness for a wide range of failure scenarios.
• Clearly communicate efforts during incidents to management, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams, maintaining clear records of incident activities.
• Develop a deep understanding of various services, their production behavior, and internals, including how they interact with the entire stack.
• Build a strategy to optimize core services for performance at scale, including improvements for robustness and supportability in production.
• Own system observability and health using tools like Prometheus and Grafana to proactively detect performance bottlenecks and prevent incidents.
• Lead automation efforts to streamline incident detection and recovery, minimizing manual intervention.
• Define and drive KPIs and SLAs for incident management, ensuring alignment with organizational reliability objectives.
• Collaborate with engineers across teams to improve platform reliability, resilience, and disaster recovery.
• Engage with upstream communities, including Go and Redfish-based services.
• Design and implement solutions to enhance operational efficiency and stability.
• Document hardware automation workflows and processes.
• Create CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure smooth operation of all aspects of the server hardware lifecycle, from provisioning to end-of-life, by troubleshooting bugs, automating common tasks, and documenting processes.
• Partner with the Fleet Operations Team to design scalable tooling and processes that enable self-service and reduce escalation overhead.
• Build dashboards and alerts to improve operational troubleshooting.
• Participate in on-call rotation and triage issues posted in support channels on an ongoing basis. This role is responsible for reducing on-call queries and incidents over time.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in cloud operations, site reliability engineering (SRE), or related technical roles.
• Understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, AWS, GCP) and basic knowledge of cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with incident management practices and frameworks (e.g., ITIL, SRE best practices).
• Proficiency with Go.
• Prior experience with Prometheus / Grafana.
• Previous experience deploying containerized applications using Kubernetes.
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Served on an on-call rotation supporting production services.

About CoreWeave

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:

• Be Curious at Your Core
• Act Like an Owner
• Empower Employees
• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that promotes collaboration and provides opportunities to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we continue to grow, the opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too.

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $153,000 to $242,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

Benefits

The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
• Company-paid life insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition reimbursement
• Ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Mental wellness benefits through Spring Health
• Family-forming support provided by Carrot
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with a generous employer match
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
• A casual work environment
• A work culture focused on innovative disruption