Staff Software Engineer, Cluster Orchestration

Familiarity with orchestration and workflow technologies such as Ray, Kubeflow, Kueue, Istio, Knative, or Argo Workflows

Deep expertise in Slurm/Kubernetes internals.

Experience with distributed workloads, GPU-based applications, or ML pipelines.

Knowledge of scheduling concepts like quota enforcement, pre-emption, and scaling strategies.

Exposure to reliability practices including SLOs, alarms, and post-incident reviews.

Experience with AI infrastructure and workloads (ML training, inference, or HPC).

Ability to mentor senior engineers and elevate organizational standards.

You love defining long-term architecture for systems at global scale.

You’re curious about orchestration beyond SUNK and how to evolve it for next-generation AI.

You’re an expert at mentorship, architecture, and operational excellence across teams.

You thrive on solving problems that balance cost, performance, and reliability in high-demand environments.

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 take off, 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 $185,000 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).

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.