Senior Systems Engineer, OS Automation
CoreWeaveAbout the role
About the Role:
SysEng HAVOCK (Hardware - Acceleration - Virtualization - Operating Systems - Containerization - Kernel)
CoreWeave is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Linux OS Automation Engineer to join our SysEng HAVOCK team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager for Systems Engineering, you will play a crucial part in the design, development, and optimization of our bare-metal systems from POST through joining a Kubernetes cluster. The team’s primary responsibilities include maintaining custom Linux kernels, various OS images, the virtualization stack, and the container/pod runtime stack. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, upstack engineering teams, and stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of highly performant and reliable software solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain automated tooling to reproducibly build, test, and release artifacts that support a variety of hardware platforms in complex environments
- Custom Linux kernels
- OS images
- cloud-init modules
- Define the artifact release-cycle roadmaps in coordination with the rest of the organization’s business needs
- Leverage Kubernetes to automate the testing of OS images and cloud-init configurations
- Document the tested and supported OS images and cloud-init configurations
- Effectively communicate artifact releases to the rest of the organization
- Automate packaging of critical components (drivers, microcode, components with out-of-tree patches, etc)
- Serve as a primary point-of-contact for boot-time issue escalation and troubleshooting
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define Linux and OS requirements, specifications, and system architecture
- Contribute improvements to code quality
Minimum Qualifications:
- 6+ years of professional experience maintaining large fleets of physical Linux systems
- Proficiency with Golang, Bash, and Python
- Experience with the following:
- Developing custom modules for cloud-init
- Github Actions or Gitlab Actions for CI/CD
- Building the Linux kernel/complex C compilation toolchains
- Packaging software into docker containers
- Experience with Debian package management
- Deploying containerized software using Kubernetes
- Software lifecycle management using semantic version
- Developing frameworks for complex software tests
- Demonstrated experience working collaboratively on shared codebases
- Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Served in an on-call rotation supporting production services
Nice-to-haves:
- Experience with the following:
- Supporting both amd64 and arm64 architectures
- Private Key Infrastructure
- Different boot formats/mechanisms/tools (UEFI, ipxe, iso, grub, uboot, etc)
- Ansible/AWX
- Aptly
- Packer
- Packaging software into Debian packages (.deb)
The base salary range for this role is $153,000 to $242,000. 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 l
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