Senior Engineer, Storage Control Plane

Coreweave; Livingston (NJ); On-site; USD 139,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Flexible PTO

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

CoreWeave in Livingston, NJ, is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer to design and operate a control plane for its AI storage platform. In this role, you will develop scalable, reliable storage solutions that support high-performance AI workloads, collaborating across multiple teams.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering and 6-10 years of relevant experience. Key benefits include comprehensive medical coverage, a 401(k) plan with matching, and a flexible PTO policy.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience in storage systems engineering or infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on experience with object storage or distributed filesystems.
• Proficiency in systems programming languages such as Go, C, or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a multi-tenant control plane for AI storage.
• Optimize storage performance using RDMA, InfiniBand, and SPDK.
• Participate in improving reliability and observability of storage systems.

Skills

Object storage

Distributed filesystems

Systems programming (Go, C, Rust)

Cloud-native infrastructure

Kubernetes

Cloud storage protocols (S3, NFS)

Telemetry tools

Debugging skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

ClickHouse

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

What You’ll Do

We’re looking for a Senior Storage Engineer, Control Plane to play a key role in designing, building, and operating the control plane for our high-performance AI storage platform. You’ll help evolve CoreWeave’s storage systems by building reliable, scalable, and high-throughput solutions that power some of the largest and innovative AI workloads in the world. This role involves close collaboration with teams across infrastructure, compute, and platform to ensure our storage services scale automatically and seamlessly while maximizing performance and reliability.

About the role

Design and implement a highly scalable multi-tenant control plane that supports CoreWeave’s growing AI storage and cloud infrastructure needs.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of exabyte‑scale, S3‑compatible object storage, distributed file system and integrate dedicated storage clusters into diverse customer environments.
• Work with technologies such as RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, RoCE, InfiniBand, SPDK, and distributed filesystems to optimize storage performance and efficiency.
• Participate in efforts to improve the reliability, durability, and observability of our storage stack.
• Collaborate with operations teams to monitor, analyze, and optimize storage systems using telemetry, metrics, and dashboards to improve performance, latency, and resilience.
• Work cross‑functionally with platform, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver seamless storage capabilities across the stack.
• Share your knowledge and mentor other engineers on best practices in building distributed, high‑performance systems.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6–10 years of experience working in storage systems engineering or infrastructure.
• Strong hands‑on experience with object storage or distributed filesystems in production environments.
• Experience with one or more storage protocols (e.g. S3, NFS) and file systems such as Ceph, DAOS, or similar.
• Proficiency in a systems programming language such as Go, C, or Rust.
• Familiarity with storage observability tools and telemetry pipelines (e.g., ClickHouse, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Solid understanding of cloud‑native infrastructure, Kubernetes, and scalable system architecture.
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills in distributed, high‑performance environments.
• Clear communicator, able to work collaboratively across teams and share technical insights effectively.

Benefits

The base salary range for this role is $139,000 to $204,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program.

• 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 a generous employer match
• Flexible PTO
• A catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
• A casual work environment
• A work culture focused on innovative disruption

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Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

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.

As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: [e-mail].

Export Control Compliance

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. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.