Senior Software Engineer II, AI Workload Orchestration

Coreweave; United States; On-site; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Equity awards

ESPP

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) match

Flexible PTO

Lunch provided

Casual work environment

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II (IC4) to help design, build, and operate a Kubernetes-native platform for admitting, scheduling, and running AI workloads at scale. You will own platform components end-to-end, drive reliability, and collaborate across teams to improve scheduling latency and cluster utilization.

You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions while working with cutting-edge frameworks like Kueue, Volcano, and Ray.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Go

Python

C++

Kubernetes

APIs

On-call

Tools

Kueue

Volcano

Ray

Kubeflow

Argo Workflows

Slurm on Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Software Engineer II (IC4) – AI Workload Orchestration

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

The base salary range for this role is $165,000 to $242,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:

• 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
• Ability to Participate in 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
• 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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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.