Staff Software Engineer, CoreWeave
Developer Experience, Delivery
$188-275k
+ A discretionary bonus and equity awards (all based on eligibility) + ESPP
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
$188-275k
+ A discretionary bonus and equity awards (all based on eligibility) + ESPP
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
- 7+ years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering
- Deep experience operating services in production and at scale, with a track record of building and evolving platforms that support high-velocity engineering organizations
- Proven experience leading technical initiatives and driving consensus across teams in complex, ambiguous environments
- Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes, including deep understanding of its architecture, core components, and extension points (operators, CRDs, admission controllers)
- Strong proficiency in Go as a primary programming language for building production systems
- Extensive hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Flux) and gitops-based delivery patterns
- Deep understanding of progressive deployment strategies, traffic management, canary rollouts, and error budgets
- Strong experience with Linux systems, shell scripting, and networking/storage fundamentals
- Demonstrated ability to design systems that balance innovation with reliability, considering trade-offs around complexity, maintainability, and operational burden
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical decisions and build alignment across engineering and leadership
- 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
Desirable
- Experience building or contributing to platform engineering or developer productivity teams
- Track record of designing and implementing Kubernetes operators or custom controllers
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) and advanced traffic management patterns
- Knowledge of container runtimes, image management, and software supply chain security
- Experience with observability platforms and establishing SLIs/SLOs for platform services
- Previous experience as a technical lead or staff-level engineer guiding team direction and mentoring engineers
What the job involves
- The Developer Experience - Delivery Team ensures the reliability, scalability, and usability of the core application management platform within CoreWeave
- This team is responsible for the services, processes and tooling that enable internal consumers to install, upgrade, and manage the complete lifecycle of applications within CoreWeave's Kubernetes-native infrastructure platform
- Members of this team will be challenged to combine the tools and patterns of the modern Kubernetes ecosystem with learnings gained from experiences with CI/CD, distributed systems orchestration, traffic shaping, progressive rollouts, application packaging, channel management, and SRE fundamentals to develop CoreWeave's next-generation solution for internal service delivery
- We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Developer Experience - Delivery Team as a technical leader who will drive the maturation and scaling of our internal delivery platform
- In this role, you will provide technical leadership to a team of 6 engineers, make critical architectural decisions in complex environments, and establish the technical direction that enables CoreWeave to deploy and manage services reliably at unprecedented scale
- Lead the technical vision and architecture for CoreWeave's internal delivery platform, defining the roadmap that enables efficient orchestration of services across one of the most dynamic cloud environments today
- Drive technical decision-making across complex, multi-faceted problems involving CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes infrastructure, deployment strategies, and service delivery at scale
- Architect and implement scalable solutions for progressive rollouts, traffic shaping, application packaging, and channel management that power thousands of deployments
- Establish technical standards and best practices for service delivery, championing their adoption across all engineering teams through influence and collaboration
- Design and build custom Kubernetes operators, controllers, and orchestration systems that enable declarative, reliable delivery of applications at massive scale
- Mentor and guide engineers on the team, fostering technical growth and establishing a culture of engineering excellence
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between delivery platform capabilities and organizational needs, translating complex technical trade-offs into clear recommendations
- Own the reliability and performance of critical delivery infrastructure, applying SRE fundamentals to achieve ambitious availability and deployment velocity targets
- Evaluate and integrate innovative tools and practices from the Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystems, balancing cutting-edge solutions with production stability
- Grow, change, invest in your teammates, be invested-in, share your ideas, listen to others, be curious, have fun, and, above all, be yourself
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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