Strategic Financing Associate, CoreWeave
$127-168k
+ ESPP
The essential cloud for AI
Be an early applicant
The essential cloud for AI
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$127-168k
+ ESPP
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
- This role is ideal for a self-motivated, intellectually agile professional with 3+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, asset management, or private credit
- The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, can independently navigate complex and unfamiliar situations, and brings a strategic mindset to problem-solving
- A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or other business major is required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 5+ year(s) of experience in investment banking, private equity, asset management, private credit or similar roles
- Advanced analytical skills with an ability to perform quantitative and qualitative analysis on new ideas and concepts
- Excellent financial modeling and valuation skills, with a demonstrated track record of executing complicated financial analyses
- High level of self-sufficiency with proven success at self-teaching and a high intellectual motor
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
- Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- 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
What the job involves
- Given the rapid growth of CoreWeave, and capital intensive nature of the infrastructure that we provide, we are building out a Strategic Financing team. The team will be focused on identifying the most effective and efficient way to finance CoreWeave and the infrastructure required to support our customers and the explosive growth of the AI industry. We require an analyst to help us with, among other things, modelling, presentations in power point form, research, analysis, etc
- We are seeking a driven, collaborative, and analytically minded Strategic Financing Analyst to join our Strategic Financing team. The Analyst will work closely with members of the executive team to evaluate and execute financing solutions that span debt, equity, leasing, and structured capital—supporting everything from data center expansion to next-generation compute deployments
- With direct exposure to senior leadership, this role offers the opportunity to shape the capital strategy of one of the most dynamic infrastructure platforms in the AI ecosystem
- Identify, structure, and evaluate strategic financing initiatives to fund infrastructure investments, client contracts, and continued growth
- Build and maintain sophisticated models across equity, debt, lease, and hybrid capital solutions, including scenario and sensitivity analysis to evaluate cost of capital and strategic fit
- Assist in all phases of transaction execution support, including due diligence coordination, valuation, documentation, preparation of investor materials, term sheet analysis, etc
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including finance, legal, operations, and senior executives to ensure alignment and successful execution of deals
- Conduct in-depth analysis of capital markets trends, investor appetite, peer benchmarking, and emerging structures to inform capital strategy
- Drive high-visibility special projects to propel the business forward
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 avery powerful position to keep riding (and helping shape) the AI boom.
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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 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
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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