Senior Specialist Field Engineer - Security

About the role

The Customer Experience (CX) Organization at CoreWeave is dedicated to ensuring every client running AI workloads at scale has a seamless, reliable, and high-performance experience. This team supports the infrastructure that powers the AI revolution—working across data centers, hardware systems, and customer workloads to maintain the integrity of our cloud platform. The CX organization aligns closely with the internal and customer engineering teams, offering valuable insights from the field and having the chance to contribute to the CoreWeave product roadmap and development.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers, establishing strong technical relationships and ensuring their success with CoreWeave's cloud infrastructure offerings, focusing on securing Kubernetes workloads within cloud infrastructure environments.
• Collaborate closely with customers to understand their unique business needs and create, prototype, and deploy tailored solutions that align with their requirements.
• Lead proof of concept initiatives to showcase the value and viability of CoreWeave's solutions within specific environments.
• Drive technical leadership and direction during customer meetings, presentations, and workshops, addressing any technical queries or concerns that arise.
• Act as a virtual member of CoreWeave's Security product and engineering teams, identifying opportunities for product enhancement and collaborating with engineers to implement your suggestions.
• Offer valuable insights on product features, functionality, and performance, contributing regularly to discussions about product strategy and architecture.
• Conduct periodic technical reviews and assessments of customer workloads, pinpointing opportunities for workload optimization and suggesting suitable solutions.
• Stay informed of the latest developments and trends in Kubernetes, cloud computing and infrastructure, sharing your thought leadership with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Lead the prototyping and initiation of research and development efforts for emerging products and solutions, delivering prototypes and key insights for internal consumption.
• Represent CoreWeave at conferences and industry events, with occasional travel as required.

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of proven experience as a Solutions Architect, engineer, researcher or technical account manager in cloud infrastructure focusing on building distributed systems or HPC/cloud services, with an expertise focused on securing Kubernetes workloads
• Fluency in cloud computing concepts, architecture, and technologies with hands-on experience in designing and implementing cloud solutions
• Proven track record with building customer relationships, communicating clearly and the ability to break down complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Familiar with NVIDIA GPUs typically used in AI/ML applications and associated technologies including networking
• Deep understanding of administrating Kubernetes clusters including controls such as RBAC, admission controllers, container security, etc.
• Proven experience describing security concepts clearly, along with best practices and an understanding of the security tooling landscape in Kubernetes environments
• Preferred: Code contributions to open-source inference frameworks, experience with scripting and automation related to securing Kubernetes environments, experience with building solutions across multi-cloud environments, client or customer-facing publications/talks on latency, optimization, or advanced model-server architectures

Qualifications

• Wondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.
• You love to help solve challenging technical problems
• You’re curious about the latest and greatest technologies in the AI space
• You’re an expert in managing conflict and achieving mutually beneficial technical outcomes

Skills

• Cloud computing concepts, architecture, and technologies
• Design and implementation of cloud solutions
• Customer relationship management
• Security concepts, best practices, and tooling
• Administrating Kubernetes clusters
• Open-source inference frameworks
• Scripting and automation
• Multi-cloud environments
• Latency, optimization, and advanced model-server architectures

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid by CoreWeave
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 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

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $165,000 to $220,000. 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.

Schedule

We strive for a flexible schedule that accommodates the needs of our employees while maintaining productivity and efficiency. Our team works collaboratively to ensure that everyone is aligned and working towards common goals.

Additional Information

CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship.