About the role

What will you do at CoreWeave?

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

[http://www.coreweave.com/].

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.
* Develop a stream processing architecture and solve for scalability and
reliability.
* 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.
* Grow, change, invest in your teammates, be invested-in, share your ideas,
listen to others, be curious, have fun, and, above all, be yourself.
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 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 one of the distributed NewSQL datastores such as
CockroachDB, TiDB, YDB, Yugabyte and/or stream processing tools such as NATS
or Kafka.
* You have experience with designing and operating these systems at scale.
* 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/Java 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.
Why CoreWeave?
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 enables the development
of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the
organization's growth opportunities 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 $165,000 to $242,000. 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.
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
California Applicants
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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)
[https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/fact-sheet-disability-discrimination],
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: [email protected] [[email protected]].
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.

Which skills does this role require?

Database managementStream processingData infrastructureKubernetesGoPythonJavaLinuxReliability engineeringDistributed systemsNewSQLKafkaNATSAPI designCloud infrastructureData modelingData InfrastructureCloud ComputingAIDatabaseStream ProcessingCockroachDBTiDBYDBYugabyteReliability EngineeringObservabilityFault-tolerant designCAP TheoremAPIData LakeData IngestionInfrastructure EngineeringDistributed SystemsEvent-driven architectureStateful orchestrationNetworkingStorageRuby

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