Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join CoreWeave, a leading AI hyperscaler, as a Backend Software Engineer on the Cloud Platform team. You will design, build, and maintain backend systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role requires experience with backend services, proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript, and a strong understanding of database design and security best practices. CoreWeave offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and paid parental leave, and a flexible hybrid work environment. The company is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. We are hiring across multiple levels, from Engineer to Staff Engineer.

Requirements

• Professional experience building and maintaining production-grade backend services
• Strong proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, or TypeScript
• Experience with authentication, authorization and security best practices
• Familiarity with observability practices including metrics and logging
• Solid understanding of CI/CD and software testing best-practices
• Solid understanding of database design and experience with SQL
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical team members
• Demonstrated ownership of code quality, performance, and maintainability from development through production
• Applicants must have work authorization that does not require sponsorship from the company now or in the future

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across CoreWeave, including frontend engineers, product managers and designers to shape the team’s strategy and roadmap
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure and performant backend services, APIs, and databases for our next-generation systems
• Participate in design discussions and architectural decisions to drive technical solutions that align with our business goals
• Contribute to software development best-practices, including writing maintainable and testable code and participating in thorough code reviews
• Debug and resolve production issues in a timely manner, providing high-level support when necessary
• Work with a passionate team of engineers in an iterative, high-trust agile environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes and a conceptual understanding of its major components
• Prior experience building reliable and scalable platform services that process large amounts of data
• Proven experience with Prometheus/PromQL, including optimizing time series queries, and/or integrating Prometheus with large-scale systems for monitoring and analytics
• Experience with managing cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools and practices

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• At CoreWeave, we are committed to operating as a hybrid workplace, offering employees flexibility in how they structure their time between in-office and remote work