Backend Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

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. 

What You’ll Do:

The Cloud Platform team is a high-visibility team responsible for the interfaces to our customer-facing products. We own our cloud developer experience, providing our customers observability into their cloud resources and enabling effective, cohesive interfaces to manage them via our Console UI, REST/gRPC API, Infrastructure-as-code, CLI and SDKs. We also own our billing platform and administrative tools for internal and external customers. We’re looking to grow our team across multiple experience levels to meet the growing demand for CoreWeave services.

As a Backend Software Engineer on the Cloud Platform team, you will play a key role in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining the backend systems described above. You’ll be working at the intersection of design, developer experience, and platform architecture to help scale CoreWeave’s Cloud Platform. Some of what you’ll work on: 

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across CoreWeave, including frontend engineers, product managers and designers to shape the team’s strategy and roadmap.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure and performant backend services, APIs, and databases for our next-generation systems.
• Participate in design discussions and architectural decisions to drive technical solutions that align with our business goals.
• Contribute to software development best-practices, including writing maintainable and testable code and participating in thorough code reviews.
• Debug and resolve production issues in a timely manner, providing high-level support when necessary.
• Work with a passionate team of engineers in an iterative, high-trust agile environment.

Who You Are

• Professional experience building and maintaining production-grade backend services.
• Strong proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, or TypeScript.
• Experience with authentication, authorization and security best practices.
• Familiarity with observability practices including metrics and logging.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD and software testing best-practices.
• Solid understanding of database design and experience with SQL
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical team members.
• Demonstrated ownership of code quality, performance, and maintainability from development through production.
• Applicants must have work authorization that does not require sponsorship from the company now or in the future.

Preferred

• Experience with Kubernetes and a conceptual understanding of its major components.
• Prior experience building reliable and scalable platform services that process large amounts of data.
• Proven experience with Prometheus/PromQL, including optimizing time series queries, and/or integrating Prometheus with large-scale systems for monitoring and analytics.
• Experience with managing cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools and practices.

PLEASE NOTE: We are hiring across multiple levels for this team. We use our interview process to gather the signals we need to determine leveling (i.e. Engineer; Senior Engineer; Staff Engineer). 

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $165,000-$230,000. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and level.

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