Senior Kubernetes Infrastructure Engineer (Bare‑Metal)

Coreweave; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company-paid Life Insurance

ESPP

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO

Tuition Reimbursement

Mental Wellness Benefits

Parental Leave

Lunch in office

Casual work environment

Job summary

CoreWeave, the Essential Cloud for AI, seeks a Senior Engineer in Compute Services to build fault-tolerant infrastructure for internal processes and customer platforms. You’ll design and maintain automation for Kubernetes control planes on bare-metal, and develop tooling in Golang, Python, and Bash while improving reliability and test coverage.

You will participate in on-call rotations and work with a team that values curiosity, ownership, and collaboration to deliver best-in-class client

Qualifications

• Proven experience provisioning Kubernetes clusters and control planes.
• Demonstrated ability debugging complex Kubernetes issues and upgrades.
• Proficiency in Golang, Bash, and Python.
• Advanced Linux OS troubleshooting skills.
• Extensive experience with Ansible and DevOps tooling.
• Strong GitOps experience (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Able to collaborate effectively on shared codebases and document work clearly.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience participating in an on-call rotation to support production services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tooling to provision Kubernetes control planes on bare-metal
• Use Python, Golang, and Bash to create tooling and go operators
• Perform day 2 lifecycle tasks and maintenance on running clusters
• Identify gaps and implement fault-tolerant architectures
• Optimize reliability using the Grafana ecosystem
• Design automated testing to validate build quality and stability
• Participate in an on-call rotation every two months serving as point of contact

Skills

Kubernetes provisioning

Golang

Python

Bash

Linux troubleshooting

Ansible

GitOps

On-call support

Team collaboration

Tools

kubeadm

Cluster API

Kubespray

Kubeception

Ansible Tower

Job description

CoreWeave, the Essential Cloud for AI, seeks a Senior Engineer in Compute Services to build fault-tolerant infrastructure for internal processes and customer platforms. You’ll design and maintain automation for Kubernetes control planes on bare-metal, and develop tooling in Golang, Python, and Bash while improving reliability and test coverage.

You will participate in on-call rotations and work with a team that values curiosity, ownership, and collaboration to deliver best-in-class client