CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer II (IC4) on the AI Workload Orchestration Platform team, you will help build and operate CoreWeave’s Kubernetes-native platform for admitting, scheduling, and operating AI workloads at scale.

This platform integrates multiple orchestration and scheduling frameworks such as Kueue, Volcano, and Ray to support modern AI training and inference workflows. It complements SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes) by providing a Kubernetes-first, cloud-native orchestration layer with deep platform integration.

You will own meaningful components of the platform, drive reliability and performance improvements, and help scale the system as customer demand and workload complexity continue to grow.

What You’ll Do

Design, build, and operate Kubernetes-native services for AI workload orchestration and scheduling
Own one or more platform components end-to-end, including design, implementation, testing, and on-call support
Improve scheduling latency, cluster utilization, and workload reliability through metrics-driven engineering
Contribute to architectural discussions across services and influence design decisions within the platform
Work closely with adjacent teams (CKS, infrastructure, managed inference) to ensure clean interfaces and integrations
Mentor junior engineers and raise the quality bar for code, design, and operations

Who You Are

5–8 years of professional software engineering experience in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or platform engineering
Strong experience building production systems in Go (Python or C++ a plus)
Solid understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals, APIs, controllers, and operating services in production
Experience working with scheduling, resource management, or quota-based systems
Proven ability to improve system reliability and performance using data and operational metrics
Comfortable owning services in production and participating in on-call rotations
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Kubernetes-native orchestration frameworks such as Kueue, Volcano, Ray, Kubeflow, or Argo Workflows
Familiarity with GPU-based workloads, ML training, or inference pipelines
Knowledge of scheduling concepts such as quota enforcement, pre-emption, and backfilling
Experience with reliability practices including SLOs, alerting, and incident response
Exposure to AI infrastructure, HPC, or large-scale distributed compute environments

The base salary range for this role is $182,000.00 - $242,000.00. 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. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

What We Offer

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:

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

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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. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: [email protected].

Export Control Compliance

This position requires access to technology and/or source code subject to U.S. export control laws. Any such access will be provided only in compliance with applicable U.S. export control requirements. As part of the recruitment process, CoreWeave may request limited information reasonably necessary to assess applicable export-control requirements.

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