Staff Software Engineer- AI Workload Orchestration

CoreWeave; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance—

Stock options

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO

Lunch provided at office

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (IC5) to lead the AI Workload Orchestration Platform. You will guide the Kubernetes-native orchestration strategy for AI workloads, spanning GPU clusters, admission, scheduling, and governance across multiple schedulers and runtimes.

You will define architecture, drive reliability and scalability, mentor engineers, and represent the platform in cross-team reviews.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering in distributed systems or cloud platforms.
• Strong Go proficiency and production-grade systems experience.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals, scheduling, and controller patterns.
• Experience designing or evolving orchestration and resource-management platforms.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision and architecture for major portions of the AI Workload Orchestration Platform.
• Design scalable orchestration primitives for AI workloads across schedulers/runtimes.
• Lead cross-team architecture reviews and drive alignment across infra, CKS, and managed inference teams.
• Define platform standards for reliability, observability, capacity management, and operational excellence.
• Identify and resolve systemic performance, scalability, and fairness issues across large GPU clusters.
• Mentor senior engineers and grow technical leadership within the organization.
• Represent the platform in technical reviews and influence CoreWeave strategy.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go

Kubernetes internals

Platform orchestration

Technical leadership

Tools

Kueue

Volcano

Ray

Kubernetes

Job description

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

As a Staff Software Engineer (IC5) on the AI Workload Orchestration Platform team, you will act as a technical leader for CoreWeave’s Kubernetes-native orchestration strategy for AI workloads.

You will define and evolve the architecture for how AI workloads are admitted, scheduled, and governed across large GPU clusters using frameworks such as Kueue, Volcano, and Ray. This platform serves as a strategic complement to SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes) and underpins both training and inference workloads across the CoreWeave cloud.

This role requires strong systems thinking, cross-team influence, and a long-term view of platform scalability, reliability, and developer experience.

About The Role

• Own the technical vision and architecture for major portions of the AI Workload Orchestration Platform
• Design scalable, reliable orchestration primitives for AI workloads across multiple schedulers and runtimes
• Lead cross-team architecture reviews and drive alignment across infrastructure, CKS, and managed inference teams
• Define platform standards for reliability, observability, capacity management, and operational excellence
• Identify and resolve systemic performance, scalability, and fairness issues across large GPU clusters
• Mentor senior engineers and grow technical leadership within the organization
• Represent the platform in technical reviews and influence broader CoreWeave platform strategy

Who You Are

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in distributed systems or cloud platforms
• Strong proficiency in Go and experience designing large-scale, long-lived production systems
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals, scheduling mechanisms, and controller-based architectures
• Demonstrated experience designing or evolving orchestration, scheduling, or resource-management platforms
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across teams without direct authority
• Strong operational mindset with experience owning mission-critical systems at scale

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Kueue, Volcano, Ray, or similar Kubernetes-native orchestration frameworks
• Background in AI infrastructure, ML platforms, HPC, or large-scale batch and streaming systems
• Deep understanding of scheduling concepts including fairness, pre-emption, quota management, and multi-tenant isolation
• Experience defining and operating SLOs, capacity models, and large-scale reliability improvements
• Contributions to open-source infrastructure or orchestration projects

Wondering if you’re a good fit?

We believe in investing in our people and value candidates who can bring their diverse experiences to our teams – even if you aren’t a 100% skill or experience match.

Why CoreWeave?

About

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:

• Be Curious at Your Core
• Act Like an Owner
• Empower Employees
• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the growth opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!

The base salary range for this role is $188,000 to $275,000. 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.

• 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.