Senior Software Engineer, Kubernetes

Summary

Join CoreWeave's CoreWeave Kubernetes Service (CKS) team as a Senior Software Engineer and help scale one of the largest Kubernetes environments in the industry. You will design, develop, and support Kubernetes-based infrastructure, build applications and operators in Go, create custom Kubernetes interfaces, and develop observability solutions using Grafana. This role also involves enabling customer AI workloads, contributing to open-source projects, participating in incident response, collaborating across teams, and continuously seeking technical improvements. Success involves demonstrating ownership of complex projects, proposing process improvements, mentoring junior team members, and collaborating effectively. CoreWeave offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours, and opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge AI research and development.

Requirements

• Have 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or software engineering
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, containerization, and microservices architectures
• Have experience leading open source projects
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Are obsessed with customer success
• Ar curious to learn about the constantly evolving needs of AI workloads
• Have expertise in monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk
• Have strong software engineering capabilities in Go, Bash, and other infra-focused languages
• Have strong Understanding of Linux fundamentals and principals
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and enjoy working as part of a team
• Are motivated to contribute to high-impact projects while continuing to grow and mentor others
• Possess excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support Kubernetes-based infrastructure that powers CoreWeave’s products at scale
• Design and build applications and Kubernetes operators in Go
• Create and maintain custom Kubernetes interfaces and orchestration tooling
• Develop observability solutions using the Grafana ecosystem (e.g., Loki, VictoriaMetrics) to monitor reliability and performance
• Enable our customers’ AI workloads to run better on our cloud by developing differentiating features within our Kubernetes stack
• Contribute to CoreWeave’s leadership in AI-focused open source projects
• Participate in incident response and on-call rotations, contributing to a culture of operational excellence
• Collaborate across teams to integrate platform capabilities and support internal product needs
• Continuously seek areas of technical improvement, advocating for performance, security, and reliability enhancements

Preferred Qualifications

• You demonstrate ownership over technically-complex and broadly impactful projects and are a self-starter in identifying and leading these opportunities
• You propose improvements to team processes regularly and help increase platform reliability and developer productivity
• You mentor junior team members and contribute meaningfully to team culture and technical discussions
• You collaborate effectively across teams and raise the technical bar by sharing knowledge and driving best practices

Benefits

• Competitive salary with equity options
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
• Generous paid time off and flexible working hours
• Opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge AI research and development
• A collaborative, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating work environment
• Access to state-of-the-art tools and technologies
• 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