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Director, Data Center Engineering

CoreWeave· Data Center - G&A
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Hybrid (Multiple U.S. data center hubs)$180k - $264kfull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Director of Data Center Engineering to lead CoreWeave’s multidisciplinary engineering team, define technical direction, governance, and long-term design roadmaps for global data center infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Engineering Team Leadership & Development: Lead, manage, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of engineering subject matter experts across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, architectural, civil, structural, controls, and other critical infrastructure disciplines.
  • Technical Strategy & Direction: Establish the technical vision and engineering strategy for CoreWeave’s global data center portfolio.
  • Basis of Design Governance: Lead development, maintenance, and governance of CoreWeave’s Basis of Design.
  • Engineering Design Roadmap: Develop and maintain a long-term design roadmap for future data centers.
  • Multidisciplinary Engineering Integration: Ensure coordination across disciplines and integration with Data Center Technology for low-voltage, cabling, and network requirements.
  • Partnership with Design Management: Define technical requirements, design reviews, issue resolution, and constructible design packages.
  • Design Reviews & Technical Assurance: Set expectations for design reviews and lead evaluations of drawings, specifications, and commissioning documentation.
  • Technical Decision-Making & Escalation: Serve as senior escalation point for complex engineering challenges.
  • Infrastructure Performance & Operational Feedback: Collaborate with Operations and Commissioning to translate performance data into improvements.
  • Continuous Improvement & Lessons Learned: Establish processes to capture lessons and update standards and design references.
  • Innovation & Technology Evaluation: Lead evaluation of emerging data center technologies for testing and deployment at scale.
  • Reliability, Efficiency & Sustainability: Drive initiatives to improve reliability, efficiency, sustainability, and TCO.
  • Codes, Standards & Compliance: Ensure compliance with codes, safety requirements, and standards.
  • External Partner & Supplier Engagement: Provide technical direction to data center providers, A/E firms, contractors, and suppliers.
  • Equipment Strategy & Standardization: Define requirements for major equipment and opportunities for standardization.
  • Engineering Resource Planning: Manage engineering resources, hiring strategies, and capability gaps.
  • Executive & Portfolio Reporting: Report on priorities, risks, roadmap progress, and resource needs.
  • Culture of Technical Excellence: Foster innovation, collaboration, and high engineering quality.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering field.
  • 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in data center engineering, infrastructure design, construction, commissioning, or operations, including at least 8 years in an engineering leadership or people-management role.
  • Demonstrated experience leading, developing, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams across mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, architectural, plumbing, controls, fire protection, and life-safety disciplines.
  • Recognized technical expertise in planning and engineering large-scale, high-density data centers (greenfield, single-building, multi-building campuses).
  • Proven experience developing, maintaining, and governing Basis of Design documents, reference designs, technical standards, and long-term infrastructure design roadmaps.
  • Strong knowledge of data center infrastructure: utility services, power distribution, UPS, generators, cooling, liquid cooling, water systems, BMS/controls, fire protection, life-safety.
  • Proven ability to evaluate complex engineering challenges, balance trade-offs, and make risk-informed decisions.
  • Experience providing technical oversight across multiple concurrent projects and delivery models.
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary technical reviews of calculations, drawings, specifications, equipment selections, and commissioning plans.
  • Experience working with data center providers, developers, utilities, A/E firms, contractors, and equipment manufacturers.
  • Strong understanding of building codes, regulatory requirements, safety standards, and industry best practices for mission-critical facilities.
  • Excellent people leadership and executive communication skills.
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and balance technical initiatives with project demands.
  • Strong analytical, strategic-thinking, organizational, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

Skills

Required:Leadership and People ManagementBasis of DesignTechnical StrategyMultidisciplinary Coordination

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
  • 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 generous employer match
  • Flexible PTO
  • Catered lunch at offices and data center locations
  • Casual work environment
  • Culture focused on innovative disruption
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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