Staff Software Engineer, Cluster Orchestration

About the role

As part of the Cluster Orchestration team, you will play a key role in advancing CoreWeave’s orchestration platform including SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes) and beyond, our Kubernetes-native foundation that powers AI training and inference at scale. This is an opportunity to help shape one of the most critical layers of the AI cloud: ensuring workloads run seamlessly, reliably, and efficiently across massive GPU clusters. By building the systems that eliminate infrastructure bottlenecks and create new orchestration capabilities, you will directly empower customers to innovate faster and push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.

Responsibilities

• Define architectural direction for CoreWeave’s orchestration platform
• Own critical parts of the orchestration platform and other managed services
• Drive cross-org initiatives in scheduling, quota enforcement, and scaling at hyperscale
• Mentor senior engineers, establish org-wide best practices in reliability and observability
• Ensure CoreWeave’s orchestration layer evolves to meet the demands of next-generation AI workloads

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Proven track record designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
• Advanced proficiency in Go and distributed systems design and cloud-native development
• Experience setting technical direction and influencing cross-team architecture
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, EE, or related field

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Slurm/Kubernetes internals and cloud-native development
• Experience with distributed workloads, GPU-based applications, or ML pipelines
• Knowledge of scheduling concepts like quota enforcement, pre-emption, and scaling strategies
• Exposure to reliability practices including SLOs, alarms, and post-incident reviews
• Experience with AI infrastructure and workloads (ML training, inference, or HPC)

Skills

• Expertise in orchestration and workflow technologies such as Ray, Kubeflow, Kueue, Istio, Knative, or Argo Workflows
• Familiarity with AI infrastructure and workloads (ML training, inference, or HPC)
• Ability to mentor senior engineers and elevate organizational standards

Benefits

• Base salary range: $185,000 to $275,000
• Discretionary bonus
• Equity awards
• Comprehensive benefits program (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, etc.)
• Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
• Mental wellness benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch
• Flexible childcare support
• 401(k) with a generous employer match

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $185,000 to $275,000. 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

Not specified

Benefits

• 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

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

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.

Export Control Compliance

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.