Senior Software Engineer - Perf and Benchmarking

CoreWeave; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with generous employer match

Flexible PTO

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a developer to enhance Kubernetes-native benchmarking services in Sunnyvale, California. Candidates should have 3-5 years of experience in building distributed systems, strong programming skills in Python or Go, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production. Responsibilities include contributing to MLPerf Training runs, maintaining benchmarking workflows, and mentoring junior engineers.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $182,000 to $242,000, along with comprehensive benefits, including 100% covered medical insurance and flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience building distributed systems or cloud services.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and observability tools.
• Exposure to performance-critical GPU systems or model-serving stacks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance Kubernetes-native benchmarking services.
• Contribute to end-to-end MLPerf Training and Inference runs.
• Provide constructive code reviews and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Programming skills in Python or Go

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes

Effective communication

Understanding of networked systems

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Overview

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and enhance Kubernetes-native benchmarking services that measure latency, throughput, jitter, and cost-per-request across CoreWeave’s compute stack.
• Contribute to implementing and maintaining benchmarking workflows for end-to-end MLPerf Training and Inference runs, including workload setup, cluster configuration, and result validation.
• Participate in design discussions and contribute to architecture decisions within the team.
• Break down engineering tasks into clear milestones and deliver reliable, high-quality code.
• Collaborate with teammates to maintain reproducible, well-documented benchmarking processes.
• Provide constructive code reviews and share best practices with peers.
• Mentor junior engineers; review cross-team designs and elevate coding/testing standards.
• Help ensure reproducible, well-documented benchmarking processes.

Who You Are

• 3–5 years of experience building distributed systems, high-performance computing components, or cloud services.
• Strong programming skills in Python or Go (C++ a plus) with understanding of networked systems and performance fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments plus familiarity with CI/CD and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Exposure to performance-critical GPU systems (CUDA, NCCL, NVLink/PCIe, memory bandwidth) or model-serving stacks (llm-d, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, Megatron-LM).
• Effective communicator comfortable working cross-functionally.

Nice to have

• Experience with time-series databases, LSM-based storage engines, or custom data pipelines.
• Familiarity with MLPerf or other large-scale benchmarking frameworks.
• Contributions to OSS projects such as llm-d, vLLM or PyTorch.
• Exposure to benchmarking GPU clusters or multi-region environments.
• Background working with CUDA kernels, NCCL/SHARP, RDMA/NUMA, or GPU interconnect topologies.

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary range for this role is $182,000 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).

What We Offer

The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:

• 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

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.

California Consumer Privacy Act – California applicants only

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.