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CoreWeave seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Inference, to own architectural decisions and drive measurable improvements across services. You will partner with product, orchestration, and hardware teams to evolve our Kubernetes‑native inference platform, delivering scalable, efficient solutions while meeting strict P99 SLAs.
You will lead design reviews, decompose multi‑service work into milestones, and mentor engineers while optimizing request routing, scheduling, and capacity planning at scale.
CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.
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CoreWeave’s Inference team builds and operates the core cloud platform powering massive‑scale GPU workloads for generative AI and real‑time inference applications. Our stack is engineered natively on Kubernetes for maximum speed, scale, and cost efficiency—providing an industry‑defining platform that enables teams to deploy models with confidence across organizational boundaries.
As a Senior Software Engineer, Inference, you will serve as an area owner responsible for leading technical designs, raising engineering standards, and delivering measurable improvements across multiple services. You will partner with product, orchestration, and hardware teams to evolve our Kubernetes‑native inference platform while meeting strict P99 SLAs at scale. In this role, you will lead design reviews, decompose multi‑service work into clear milestones, and own critical infrastructure areas such as request routing, adaptive scheduling, cost‑per‑token analytics, and GPU resource isolation. Additionally, you will implement advanced optimizations—including micro‑batch schedulers, speculative decoding, and KV‑cache reuse—while refining capacity planning, autoscaling policies, and mentoring engineers across the team.
We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams—even if you aren’t a 100% skill or experience match.
At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We're in an exciting stage of hyper‑growth that you will not want to miss out on. We're not afraid of a little chaos, and we're constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:
We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take‑off, the organisation's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!
The starting salary will be determined by job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and the 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).
To fulfill our obligation to protect client data, successful applicants offered employment with CoreWeave will be required to complete a basic criminal record check, conducted in compliance with GDPR. Employment offers are conditional upon receiving satisfactory check results.
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:
Benefits may vary by location.
CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.
This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C., or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C.