Core Weave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, Core Weave 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, Core Weave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, Core Weave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.

About the role

Senior engineers are area owners who lead designs, raise engineering standards, and deliver measurable improvements to latency, throughput, and reliability across multiple services. You’ll partner with fleet, product, and hardware teams to evolve our GPU performance testing platform to ensure we deliver a reliable and performant experience to our customers.

What you’ll do

• Design and implement solutions to problems of scale for testing and validation of Core Weave’s global infrastructure.

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs (gRPC/REST) in Go or Python to interact with Kubernetes and other infrastructure systems.

• Develop performance tests and automation workflows to expand hardware validation across the Core Weave fleet.

• Write and maintain Kubernetes custom controllers and operators to automate infrastructure testing.

• Adapt and extend open source tooling to enhance visibility into system metrics, performance, and health.

• Participate in an on-call rotation.

What we’re looking for

• ~3–5 years experience

• Proficiency in Go and/or Python software development.

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes at production scale.

Nice to have

• Experience testing hardware at scale

• HPC Experience

• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and training / inference

*The base salary range for this role is $139,000 to $204,000. 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. 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

The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by Core Weave

• 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

Our Workplace

While we prioritize a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration

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Core Weave 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), Core Weave 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: careers@coreweave.com.

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. Core Weave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.