Hardware Engineer, CoreWeave
Metal Classic
$109-204k
+ Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
The essential cloud for AI
Be an early applicant
The essential cloud for AI
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$109-204k
+ Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To manage the complexities of AI growth to make supercomputing accessible and push the limits of what's possible.
Role
Who you are
- CoreWeave is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering team
- Proficient in Ansible and Python, with experience programmatically interacting with server BMCs using IPMI or Redfish
- Deep understanding of server hardware, components, and management technologies
- Proven ability to stay current with industry technologies and trends in server and data center hardware
- Previous experience collaborating with hardware vendors to evaluate, qualify, and deploy solutions
- Strong passion for automation, with a commitment to automating processes comprehensively and reliably
- Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a bias toward systematic, data-driven decisions
- 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. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk
- You love connecting teams and ensuring every campaign runs smoothly from start to finish
- You’re curious about how strategy, brand, creative, and execution all interlock to drive real business impact
- You’re an expert at managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects and keeping everyone aligned without missing a detail
What the job involves
- In this role, you will play a crucial part in the design, development, and optimization of our server hardware infrastructure
- You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, external vendors, and key stakeholders to deliver highly performant, reliable, and scalable hardware solutions that power CoreWeave’s rapidly growing infrastructure
- Design, develop, and optimize server hardware infrastructure to support CoreWeave’s high-performance workloads
- Develop and maintain hardware/firmware management services that ensure reliability at scale
- Automate all aspects of the server hardware lifecycle, from provisioning and configuration to monitoring and decommissioning
- Serve as the senior point of contact for hardware escalations and troubleshooting, driving root-cause analysis and long-term fixes
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define hardware requirements, specifications, and system architecture
- Create and maintain accurate documentation of hardware designs, specifications, test procedures, and results
- Analyze and optimize hardware system performance, identify bottlenecks, and propose improvements to enhance efficiency and resilience
- Establish and continuously refine processes for internal hardware testing, deployment, and performance optimization
Our take
As AI continues to dominate the tech landscape, the demand for faster, more efficient cloud infrastructure is only intensifying. Traditional cloud providers often struggle with the sheer speed and scale required to power advanced AI models, leaving a gap for more specialized players. And that's where CoreWeave comes in, a company purpose-built to handle the heavy computational lift that the AI era demands.
CoreWeave's story is an interesting one too. What began in 2017 as a small crypto mining venture has evolved into one of the leading AI-focused cloud providers in the world. Its data centers are packed with high-end GPUs optimized for machine learning and generative AI, serving major clients like Microsoft and OpenAI. By designing its infrastructure around the needs of modern AI workloads rather than retrofitting older systems, CoreWeave has carved out a distinct and highly valuable niche in the market.
That focus in paying off in a big way too. Analyst project CoreWeave's revenue to soar from $5.3B in 2025 to the mid-$20Bs by 2028, up from just $16M in 2022. While there is competition from tech giants like Amazon and Google, CoreWeave's speed, specialization, and bold investment strategy put in in a very powerful position to keep riding (and helping shape) the AI boom.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
194% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2024
$1.1bn
SERIES C
May 2023
$200m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.7bn
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Michael Intrator
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously, Michael was a Principal Portfolio Manager at Natsource Asset Management for over 15 years. He also served as the CEO of Hudson Ridge Asset Management before co-founding CoreWeave in 2018.
Brian Venturo
(Co-Founder & CSO)Brian spent nearly 6 years at Natsource Asset Management as a Portfolio Manager before becoming a Partner at Hudson Ridge Asset Management. After co-founding CoreWeave he served as the CTO until 2024 when he moved into his current role of Chief Strategy Officer.
Brannin McBee
(Co-Founder & CDO)Brannin has a history in Proprietary Trading, having previously worked at Windy Bay Power and Active Power Investments. He also served as a VP at Fourth Floor Coastal and as an Associate at Elustria Capital PArtners.
Peter Salanki
(Co-Founder & CTO)Peter Previously served as a Director of Americas at Sandvine. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at Procera Networks as a Solutions Architect, Lead Architect, and Principal Solutions Architect.
Nitin Agrawal
(CFO)Nitin joined CoreWeave in 2024 as CFO. Prior to this, he was the VP of Finance at Google Cloud and CFO at Mapbox. He also spent nearly 5 years at AWS as CFO of Compute Services and 7 years at Microsoft as Group Manager of Finance.
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