Director of Network Services

The Rundown AI, Inc.; Livingston (NJ); On-site; USD 230,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Director of Network Services to spearhead the architecture and operations of their network services. This role involves strategic leadership, network design, and ensuring high performance and reliability for AI workloads. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in network services and a strong technical background, coupled with leadership skills to manage a high-performing team. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Equity

Benefits

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience engineering and operating network services.
• 5+ years in a leadership role at a cloud provider or tech company.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term vision for CoreWeave’s networking services.
• Own the performance and uptime of CoreWeave’s network services.
• Partner with InfoSec to implement network security policies.

Skills

Leadership

Automation

Network Design

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Position Overview

CoreWeave is seeking an experienced and innovative Director of Network Services to lead the architecture, scaling, and operations of our network services. You'll build and lead a world-class team, tackling the complex challenges of building and operating world-class network services for the most demanding AI workloads on the planet. You will be focusing on achieving the highest levels of service quality, scalability and performance. Your team will also build comprehensive monitoring and alerting into our network services. This leadership position will require a strong combination of technical expertise, strategic vision, and business acumen. You will work closely with your peers in engineering and product to define the network service roadmap, drive innovation, and ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of the CoreWeave Cloud Platform.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and drive the long-term vision and roadmap for CoreWeave’s networking services.
• Lead a team of software engineers and architects focused on performance, reliability, and automation.
• Partner with compute, storage, security, and data center teams to deliver highly available and scalable network services.

Network Architecture & Design

• Optimize east-west and north-south traffic patterns to support AI/ML training, distributed compute, and customer workloads.
• Oversee BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, and other key technologies enabling high-scale routing and segmentation.
• Leverage next-generation networking technologies (e.g., smart NICs, software-defined networking, programmable fabrics).

Operations & Reliability

• Own the performance and uptime of CoreWeave’s network services, including proactive monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Drive automation across service deployment, provisioning, and management.
  
  

Security & Compliance

• Partner with InfoSec to implement network security policies, segmentation, and DDoS mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with data sovereignty and privacy regulations across network services.
  
  

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience engineering and operating network services.
• 5+ years in a leadership or senior management role at a cloud provider, hyperscaler, or high-growth tech company.
• Deep understanding of software defined networking, internet routing, switching, peering, and distributed network design.
• Proven experience scaling data center and cloud networks for high-throughput workloads.
• Experience collaborating with open source communities.
• Strong knowledge of automation frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Skills

• Experience offloading services into smart NICs.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes networking, overlay networks, and service meshes.
  
  

Why CoreWeave?

• Play a critical leadership role in one of the most technically ambitious infrastructure teams in cloud computing.
• Design and operate the backbone that powers industry-defining AI workloads and next-gen applications.
• Work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment with exceptional engineering talent.
• Enjoy competitive compensation, equity, and benefits at a rapidly scaling company with a bold mission.
  
  

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $230,000-$275,000. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.