Software Engineer, Gateway & Networking Infrastructure

About the role

The Cloud Platform API team builds the platform and infrastructure that front CoreWeave's control plane. This role sits with the group that owns the API Gateway and the Kubernetes Gateway, which are the secure front doors for control-plane traffic.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate the gateways that front the entire control plane.
• Drive large-scale networking migrations, such as moving from NGINX/HAProxy to Envoy across every zone with no customer-visible regression.
• Manage networking and traffic at scale: L4/L7 proxying, load balancing, global routing, live failover to healthy backends, encrypted transport, and performance tuning.
• Set technical direction across the gateway stack and define the engineering standards the team follows.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, lead post-mortems, and act as a bridge across teams and to leadership.

Requirements

• Production experience writing Go.
• Deep experience with networking and traffic infrastructure: L4/L7 load balancing, reverse proxies (Envoy, HAProxy, or NGINX), or API gateways.
• Deep Kubernetes experience, ideally with the Gateway API or Ingress, operators and controllers, and running multiple clusters and the applications deployed across them.
• A strong grounding in TLS/mTLS and edge and authentication concerns, plus performance tuning of network-facing services.
• A track record of setting technical direction and leading initiatives across teams.
• Clear communication about your technical contributions and cross-team collaboration.

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.

Skills

• Production experience writing Go.
• Deep experience with networking and traffic infrastructure: L4/L7 load balancing, reverse proxies (Envoy, HAProxy, or NGINX), or API gateways.
• Deep Kubernetes experience, ideally with the Gateway API or Ingress, operators and controllers, and running multiple clusters and the applications deployed across them.
• A strong grounding in TLS/mTLS and edge and authentication concerns, plus performance tuning of network-facing services.
• A track record of setting technical direction and leading initiatives across teams.
• Clear communication about your technical contributions and cross-team collaboration.

Benefits

• The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.
• In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs.

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $182,000 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.

Schedule

We are looking for someone who can work full-time.