Senior Software Engineer II, AI Workload Orchestration

CoreWeave; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO

Catered lunch each day in the office

Job summary

CoreWeave in Bellevue seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to develop and manage its Kubernetes-native platform for AI workloads. You will be responsible for the design, build, and operation of orchestration services, improving system performance and reliability.

The ideal candidate has 5-8 years of software engineering experience, particularly in distributed systems, and strong proficiency in Go and Kubernetes. The position offers a hybrid work environment along with extensive health benefits and flexible PTO.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience in building production systems in Go.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals.
• Ability to improve system reliability using metrics.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate Kubernetes-native services.
• Own platform components end-to-end.
• Improve scheduling latency and resource management.
• Mentor junior engineers and raise quality standards.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Go programming

Kubernetes

Data-driven metrics

Job description

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Software Engineer II (IC4) on the AI Workload Orchestration team, you will help build and operate CoreWeave’s Kubernetes-native platform for admitting, scheduling, and operating AI workloads at scale. This platform integrates multiple orchestration and scheduling frameworks such as Kueue, Volcano, and Ray to support modern AI training and inference workflows. It complements SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes) by providing a Kubernetes-first, cloud‑native orchestration layer with deep platform integration. You will own meaningful components of the platform, drive reliability and performance improvements, and help scale the system as customer demand and workload complexity continue to grow.

About The Role

• Design, build, and operate Kubernetes-native services for AI workload orchestration and scheduling
• Own one or more platform components end-to-end, including design, implementation, testing, and on-call support
• Improve scheduling latency, cluster utilization, and workload reliability through metrics-driven engineering
• Contribute to architectural discussions across services and influence design decisions within the platform
• Work closely with adjacent teams (CKS, infrastructure, managed inference) to ensure clean interfaces and integrations
• Mentor junior engineers and raise the quality bar for code, design, and operations

Who You Are

• 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Strong experience building production systems in Go (Python or C++ a plus)
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals, APIs, controllers, and operating services in production
• Experience working with scheduling, resource management, or quota-based systems
• Proven ability to improve system reliability and performance using data and operational metrics
• Comfortable owning services in production and participating in on-call rotations

Preferred

• Experience with Kubernetes-native orchestration frameworks such as Kueue, Volcano, Ray, Kubeflow, or Argo Workflows
• Familiarity with GPU-based workloads, ML training, or inference pipelines
• Knowledge of scheduling concepts such as quota enforcement, pre-emption, and backfilling
• Experience with reliability practices including SLOs, alerting, and incident response
• Exposure to AI infrastructure, HPC, or large-scale distributed compute environments

What We Offer

• 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) participation
• 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
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
• A casual work environment
• A work culture focused on innovative disruption

Our Workplace

While we prioritize a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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 comply with U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, the applicant must either be:

• 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.
• Eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency.