Operations Engineering Manager, Fleet Reliability

CoreWeave; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

CoreWeave is hiring an Operations Manager for the Fleet Reliability Operations team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will lead a 24/7 group dedicated to provisioning, updating, triaging server nodes and driving automation and observability across the fleet lifecycle.

You will champion reliability, manage onboarding and training, and partner with peers and leadership to elevate team performance. The role emphasizes blameless incident culture and scalable processes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software or infrastructure engineering, with at least 2+ years in a leadership capacity.
• Background in SRE fundamentals, incident management, blameless culture, observability and change management.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a 24/7 team of process-oriented, reliability and observability-focused engineers.
• Socialize and document clear processes for provisioning, validating and troubleshooting nodes in the fleet.
• Drive automation improvements and event-driven remediation as a primary goal.
• Provide a 24/7 engineering support function for high-criticality node delivery and maintenance.
• Oversee onboarding, enablement and performance management for team growth.
• Shape culture and scorekeeping regarding team communication and cross-team support.

Skills

Leadership

Observability

Incident management

SRE fundamentals

Automation mindset

Job description

• The Fleet Reliability Operations Team is the heart of CoreWeave’s capacity delivery and maintenance effort
• This team is responsible for provisioning, updating and triaging server nodes, and executing the processes and tooling that configure and validate our server fleet. This team is the first in line to respond to hardware issues in production, and is empowered to drive automation and observability design and priority for our server fleet lifecycle
• We are seeking an Operations Manager for the Fleet Reliability Operations team who can help us maintain and improve our high volume of delivery and scale as we 10x the size of our fleet
• This individual will develop a strong pipeline of talent, manage onboarding and training, provide process and thought leadership across the team’s domain, and champion reliability and customer satisfaction. As the manager of this team, you would have the opportunity to:
• Build and lead a 24/7 team of process-oriented, reliability and observability-focused engineers
• Lead the socialization and documentation of clear and consistent processes for provisioning, validating and troubleshooting nodes in our server fleet
• Think critically about and advocate for process and automation improvements prioritizing event-driven automated remediation as the end goal
• Provide a 24/7 engineering support function for high-criticality, time-sensitive node delivery and maintenance
• Drive and improve our program of onboarding, documentation, enablement, and performance management to help your team members achieve new heights of personal growth and capability
• Drive the culture and tone for how your team keeps score both in how they communicate with and support each other and how they enable the rest of CoreWeave

You believe in the value of automation and will champion practices that drive reliability and drive the adoption of cross-team processes and tooling

You love helping people on their journeys to become their best selves and are comfortable extending the range of your influence to partners, peers, and senior leadership

You have seven or more years of experience in a software or infrastructure engineering industry, of which at least two years were in a leadership capacity

You have a background that includes the knowledge and practice of SRE fundamentals, incident management, blameless culture, observability, and change management

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