Staff Engineer - AI Cloud Orchestration (SUNK/Kubernetes)

Coreweave

Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 185,000 - 275,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Company-paid Life Insurance
Equity awards
401(k) match
Flexible PTO
Catered lunch

Job summary

CoreWeave, The Essential Cloud for AI, is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the Cluster Orchestration platform, including SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes), powering AI training and inference at scale.

You will define architectural direction, own key components, mentor senior engineers, and drive cross-team initiatives in scheduling, quota enforcement, and scaling at hyperscale across GPU clusters. This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in Sunnyvale, California.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Proven track record designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
  • Deep expertise in Slurm/Kubernetes internals and cloud-native development.
  • Advanced proficiency in Go and distributed systems design and cloud-native development.
  • Experience setting technical direction and influencing cross-team architecture.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, EE, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Define architectural direction for CoreWeave’s orchestration platform and managed services.
  • Own critical parts of the orchestration platform and drive cross-org initiatives in scheduling, quota enforcement, and scaling at hyperscale.
  • Mentor senior engineers and establish org-wide reliability and observability best practices.
  • Evolve the orchestration layer to support next-generation AI workloads.

Skills

Distributed systems
Slurm internals
Kubernetes internals
Go programming
Cloud-native development
Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/EE or related field

Job description

CoreWeave, The Essential Cloud for AI, is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the Cluster Orchestration platform, including SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes), powering AI training and inference at scale.

You will define architectural direction, own key components, mentor senior engineers, and drive cross-team initiatives in scheduling, quota enforcement, and scaling at hyperscale across GPU clusters. This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in Sunnyvale, California.

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