Senior Systems Engineer, OS Automation

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.

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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:

• Must have 6+ years of professional experience maintaining large fleets of physical Linux systems
• Proficiency with Golang, Bash, and Python
• Experience with the following:
  • API development using protobufs (ideally using Golang)
  • 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
  • Packaging software into Debian packages (.deb)
  • Deploying containerized software using Kubernetes
  • Using semantic releases to support LTS alongside non-LTS versioned artifacts
  • 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

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $160,000-$185,000. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

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