Principal Engineer - Managed Databases

CoreWeave · Livingston, NJ | New York City, NY | Sunnyvale, CA | Bellevue, WA · Technology

principal data engineering Database Engineer ic 10+ yrs Bachelor's
$227,000 – $303,000
USD per year

About this role

CoreWeave is hiring a principal-level Database Engineer in the data engineering function based in Livingston, NJ | New York City, NY | Sunnyvale, CA | Bellevue, WA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Go, C, Spring and roughly 10+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $227,000–$303,000 per year.

Role
Database Engineer
Function
data engineering
Level
principal
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Livingston, NJ | New York City, NY | Sunnyvale, CA | Bellevue, WA
Experience
10+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Department
Technology
AI Summary
Principal-level Database Engineer leading managed database architecture and strategy for AI workloads at CoreWeave. Design scalable, fault-tolerant database solutions, drive technical roadmap, mentor engineering teams, and work directly with customers. Requires 10+ years in distributed systems with hands-on technical leadership.
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Job description

from CoreWeave careers
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.

About this Role:

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Principal Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and operations of Managed databases for AI-workloads. In this role, you will help shape the vision and direction on how customers and internal stakeholders store and access operational data for AI/ML workloads. Further, the role will define the strategy and lead vertical stack integration of data needs for AI inferencing and Agentic flows. You will have direct access to customers and work closely with engineering stakeholders across CoreWeave products.

What You'll Do:

  • Define and drive CoreWeave’s Managed databases technical roadmap and strategy.
  • Design and implement advanced database solutions applicable to AI workloads, while ensuring fault tolerance, high-scale and low-latency.
  • Build solutions that offer programmatic access to creating, scaling, and modifying databases.
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