Staff Storage Engineer, File & Block

EngineersOfAI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a Staff Storage Engineer to design and operate high-performance storage behind our AI platform. You will build scalable, multi-tenant storage systems powering some of the world’s largest AI workloads, working with infrastructure, compute, and platform teams.

You’ll drive reliability, throughput, and observability through modern storage technologies and close collaboration with cross-functional teams across the stack.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in storage systems engineering or infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with object storage or distributed filesystems in production.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a scalable multi-tenant control plane for storage
• Contribute to exabyte-scale, S3-compatible object storage and distributed file systems
• Improve reliability, durability, and observability of the storage stack
• Monitor and optimize storage systems using telemetry, metrics, and dashboards
• Collaborate with platform, operations, and infra teams to deliver seamless storage capabilities
• Mentor other engineers on distributed, high-performance storage systems

Skills

Go

C++

Rust

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Ceph

DAOS

S3

Distributed FS

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

RDMA

SPDK

GPU Direct Storage

InfiniBand

RoCE

NFS

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:

We\'re looking for a Staff Storage Engineerto design, build, and operate the file and block storage behind our high-performance AI storage platform. You\'ll build reliable, scalable, high-throughput systems that power some of the largest and most innovative AI workloads in the world, working closely with infrastructure, compute, and platform teams.

About the role:

• Design and implement a highly scalable multi-tenant control plane that supports CoreWeave’s growing AI storage and cloud infrastructure needs.
• Contribute to the development of exabyte-scale, S3-compatible object storage, distributed file system and integrate dedicated storage clusters into diverse customer environments.
• Work with technologies such as RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, RoCE, InfiniBand, SPDK, and distributed filesystems to optimize storage performance and efficiency.
• Participate in efforts to improve the reliability, durability, and observability of our storage stack.
• Collaborate with operations teams to monitor, analyze, and optimize storage systems using telemetry, metrics, and dashboards to improve performance, latency, and resilience.
• Work cross-functionally with platform, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver seamless storage capabilities across the stack.
• Share your knowledge and mentor other engineers on best practices in building distributed, high-performance systems.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience working in storage systems engineering or infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on experience with object storage or distributed filesystems in production environments.
• Experience with one or more storage protocols (e.g. S3, NFS) and file systems such as Ceph, DAOS, or similar.
• Proficiency in a systems programming language such as Go, C++, or Rust.
• Familiarity with storage observability tools and telemetry pipelines (e.g., ClickHouse, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Solid understanding of cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, and scalable system architecture.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in distributed, high-performance environments.
• Clear communicator, able to work collaboratively across teams and share technical insights effectively.

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 a few qualities we\u2019ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We7re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We7re not afraid of a little chaos, and we7re 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
• Em