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Staff Software Engineer- AI Workload Orchestration

CoreWeave· Technology
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Sunnyvale, CA, Bellevue, WA$188k - $275k + equity + bonusfull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior IC role owning architecture and leadership for CoreWeave’s Kubernetes-native AI workload orchestration platform, spanning admission, scheduling, and governance of AI workloads across large GPU clusters using Kueue, Volcano, and Ray.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical vision and architecture for major portions of the AI Workload Orchestration Platform
  • Design scalable, reliable orchestration primitives for AI workloads across multiple schedulers and runtimes
  • Lead cross-team architecture reviews and drive alignment across infrastructure, CKS, and managed inference teams
  • Define platform standards for reliability, observability, capacity management, and operational excellence
  • Identify and resolve systemic performance, scalability, and fairness issues across large GPU clusters
  • Mentor senior engineers and grow technical leadership within the organization
  • Represent the platform in technical reviews and influence broader CoreWeave platform strategy

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in distributed systems or cloud platforms
  • Strong proficiency in Go and experience designing large-scale, long-lived production systems
  • Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals, scheduling mechanisms, and controller-based architectures
  • Demonstrated experience designing or evolving orchestration, scheduling, or resource-management platforms
  • Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across teams without direct authority
  • Strong operational mindset with experience owning mission-critical systems at scale

Skills

Required:GoKubernetes internalsDistributed systemsOrchestration platformsLeadership without authority

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
  • 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
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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