Senior Software Engineer, Inference

CoreWeave; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Discretionary bonus

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO

Job summary

CoreWeave in Bellevue, WA is seeking an experienced engineer to lead design reviews and optimize distributed systems. The role requires 5-8 years in cloud services, strong skills in Python or Go, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes. Key responsibilities include defining SLIs/SLOs and mentoring junior engineers. The compensation includes a base salary range of $165,000 to $242,000, along with a discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits including health insurance and flexible PTO.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years industry experience building distributed systems or cloud services.
• Strong coding skills in Python or Go; familiarity with C++ is a plus.
• Experience with Kubernetes at production scale, CI/CD, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Lead design reviews and drive architecture within the team.
• Define and own SLIs/SLOs; ensure improvements after incidents.
• Optimize end-to-end ML system performance.

Skills

Distributed systems

Python

Go

Kubernetes

CUDA

Performance optimization

Incident response

Metrics-driven work

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

About The Role

• Lead design reviews and drive architecture within the team; decompose multi-service work into clear milestones.
• Define and own SLIs/SLOs; ensure post-incident actions land and reliability improves release-over-release.
• Implement advanced optimizations (e.g., micro-batch schedulers, speculative decoding, KV-cache reuse) and quantify impact.
• Strengthen incident posture: capacity planning, autoscaling policy, graceful degradation, rollback/traffic-shift strategies.
• Mentor IC1/IC2 engineers; review cross-team designs and elevate coding/testing standards.
• Own an area spanning multiple services and teams (e.g., request routing & adaptive scheduling, cost-per-token analytics, GPU resource isolation).

Who You Are

• ~ 5-8 years industry experience building distributed systems or cloud services.
• Strong coding in Python or Go (C++ a plus) and deep familiarity with networked systems and performance.
• Optimize end-to-end ML system performance by developing and tuning CUDA kernels, reducing model latency, maximizing compute and memory bandwidth utilization, and leveraging custom accelerators for high-efficiency workloads.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes at production scale, CI/CD, and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Practical knowledge of inference internals: batching, caching, mixed precision (BF16/FP8), streaming token delivery.
• Proven track record improving tail latency (P95/P99) and service reliability through metrics‑driven work.

Preferred

• Contributions to inference frameworks (vLLM, Triton, TensorRT‑LLM, Ray Serve, TorchServe).
• Experience with CUDA kernels, NCCL/SHARP, RDMA/NUMA, or GPU interconnect topologies.
• Leading multi‑team initiatives or partnering with customers on mission‑critical launches.

What We Offer

The base salary range for this role is $165,000 to $242,000.

In addition to base salary, we offer a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

• 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.

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.

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.

• Eligible if you are a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158).
• Eligible if you are eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization.
• Eligible if you are eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency.

Equal Opportunity

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].

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