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Senior Software Engineer, Kubernetes

CoreWeave
New York City, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Jun 2025
💰 $278,000/yr($204,000/yr$278,000/yr)

About the role

CoreWeave is the AI Hyperscaler™, delivering a cloud platform of cutting edge services powering the next wave of AI. Our technology provides enterprises and leading AI labs with the most performant, efficient and resilient solutions for accelerated computing. Since 2017, CoreWeave has operated a growing footprint of data centers covering every region of the US and across Europe. CoreWeave was ranked as one of the TIME100 most influential companies of 2024.

As the leader in the industry, we thrive in an environment where adaptability and resilience are key. Our culture offers career-defining opportunities for those who excel amid change and challenge. If you’re someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is eager to make a significant impact, CoreWeave is the place for you. Join us, and be part of a team solving some of the most exciting challenges in the industry.  

CoreWeave powers the creation and delivery of the intelligence that drives innovation. 

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our CoreWeave Kubernetes Service (CKS) team — the core of CoreWeave's infrastructure stack. In this role, you’ll help scale and evolve one of the largest Kubernetes environments in the industry. As a Senior Engineer, you’ll deliver impactful features, improve system performance and reliability, and grow into a key technical contributor.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and support Kubernetes-based infrastructure that powers CoreWeave’s products at scale.
  • Design and build applications and Kubernetes operators in Go.
  • Create and maintain custom Kubernetes interfaces and orchestration tooling.
  • Develop observability solutions using the Grafana ecosystem (e.g., Loki, VictoriaMetrics) to monitor reliability and performance.
  • Enable our customers’ AI workloads to run better on our cloud by developing differentiating features within our Kubernetes stack.
  • Contribute to CoreWeave’s leadership in AI-focused open source projects.
  • Participate in incident response and on-call rotations, contributing to a culture of operational excellence.
  • Collaborate across teams to integrate platform capabilities and support internal product needs.
  • Continuously seek areas of technical improvement, advocating for performance, security, and reliability enhancements.

You Might Be a Good Fit If You:

  • Have 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or software engineering.
  • Strong expertise in Kubernetes, containerization, and microservices architectures.
  • Have experience leading open source projects.
  • Thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Are obsessed with customer success.
  • Ar curious to learn about the constantly evolving needs of AI workloads.
  • Have expertise in monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk.
  • Have strong software engineering capabilities in Go, Bash, and other infra-focused languages.
  • Have strong Understanding of Linux fundamentals and principals. 
  • Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and enjoy working as part of a team.
  • Are motivated to contribute to high-impact projects while continuing to grow and mentor others.
  • Possess excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

What Success Looks Like

  • You demonstrate ownership over technically-complex and broadly impactful projects and are a self-starter in identifying and leading these opportunities.
  • You propose improvements to team processes regularly and help increase platform reliability and developer productivity.
  • You mentor junior team members and contribute meaningfully to team culture and technical discussions.
  • You collaborate effectively across teams and raise the technical bar by sharing knowledge and driving best practices.

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave, we push boundaries, drive innovation, and embrace complexity. This is an unparalleled opportunity to work at the bleeding edge of AI research and development. 

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary with equity options.
    Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Generous paid time off and flexible working hours.
  • Opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge AI research and development.
  • A collaborative, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating work environment.
  • Access to state-of-the-art tools and technologies.

Our core values reflect our commitment to innovation and excellence:

  • Be Curious at Your Core
  • Act Like an Owner
  • Empower Employees
  • Deliver Best-in-Class Cl

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