Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure Services

Coreweave; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life Insurance

Disability insurance (short/long term)

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Mental wellness benefits

Parental leave

Flexible PTO

Catered lunches

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a senior engineer to lead design and optimization of our data platforms, focusing on managed databases, data ingestion, flow, and lakehouse patterns. You will work with a diverse team to deliver scalable, reliable data services and contribute to cutting edge cloud data infrastructure.

You should have strong Go and Python skills, deep knowledge of Kubernetes, data modeling, and API‑driven solutions.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of software or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Experience operating services in production and at scale.
• Familiarity with reliability engineering concepts and fault‑tolerant design.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the data platform to deliver data via APIs.
• Scale and operate relational data platforms.
• Improve performance, security, reliability, and observability of data platforms; participate in on‑call rotation.
• Establish guidelines for data access and storage and ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Go

Python

Kubernetes

Observability

APIs

Data modeling

Shell scripting

Tools

Docker

Linux

Job description

About The Role: The Data Platforms Team serves as the experts on managing data infrastructures for CoreWeave. The data infra includes but is not limited to managed databases, data ingestion, data flow, and data lake and retrieval for CoreWeave and its customers. This team is responsible for the development of use cases, discovery of innovative solutions, automation and operations of our data platform infrastructure.

Who You Are: We are seeking a senior engineer with specialization in database and stream processing who can help us fulfill the goal of our global datastore strategy and establish communication models for our data flow. This individual will work with a team of mixed skill engineers and have the opportunity to work on the full gamut of rewarding challenges that come with the business of building a cloud in a communicative, supportive, and high‑performing environment. As a member of the Data Platforms Team you will have the opportunity to:

• Design and implement the platform to deliver data to teams with a focus on providing managed solutions through APIs
• Participate in operations and scaling of relational data platforms
• Improve the performance, security, reliability, and scalability of our data platforms, and related services and participate in the teams on‑call rotation
• Establish guidelines, guard rails for data access and storage for stakeholder teams
• Ensure compliance with standards for data protection regulation
• Share your ideas, listen to others, be curious, have fun, and, above all, grow your career with the company

Wondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren’t a 100% skill or experience match. Here are some qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If a portion of this resonates with you, we’d love to talk.

• You have 2~5 years of experience in a software or infrastructure engineering industry
• You enjoy helping your colleagues achieve more with less effort
• You have experience operating services in production and at scale and are versed in reliability engineering concepts such as the different types of testing, progressive deployments, error budgets, the role observability, and fault‑ tolerant design
• You understand CAP theorem and concurrency models, can clearly define data models and establish guidelines around data management
• You’re excited about new research in data structures
• You’re familiar with Kubernetes and have interest or comfortable with using it for event‑driven and/or stateful orchestration
• You’re excited to have the opportunity to contribute to a Kubernetes operator in order to manage data systems
• You know your way around a Linux distro, shell scripting, and the Linux storage and networking stacks
• You can transform problems in elastic solutions, decompose them into achievable tasks, and socialize both to your teammates
• You have a proficiency in Go/Python and you’re interested in contributing to open source
• You’re excited about being part of a team of diverse perspectives and backgrounds that believe in tackling challenges, growing hand in hand, and winning together

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. 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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Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

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.