Staff Software Engineer- AI Workload Orchestration

CoreWeave · Sunnyvale, CA | Bellevue, WA · Technology

staff Software Engineer tech_leadership 8+ yrs
$188,000 – $275,000
USD per year

About this role

CoreWeave is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in Sunnyvale, CA | Bellevue, WA. The posting calls out experience with C, Spring, Kubernetes, Ray and roughly 8+ years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $188,000–$275,000 per year.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
Sunnyvale, CA | Bellevue, WA
Experience
8+ years
Department
Technology
AI Summary
Staff-level IC5 engineer leading technical vision and architecture for CoreWeave's Kubernetes-native AI workload orchestration platform. Design scalable scheduling primitives across GPU clusters using Kueue, Volcano, and Ray. Mentor senior engineers and drive cross-team alignment on platform standards for reliability and performance.
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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.

What You’ll Do:

As a Staff Software Engineer (IC5) on the AI Workload Orchestration Platform team, you will act as a technical leader for CoreWeave’s Kubernetes-native orchestration strategy for AI workloads.

You will define and evolve the architecture for how AI workloads are admitted, scheduled, and governed across large GPU clusters using frameworks such as Kueue, Volcano, and Ray. This platform serves as a strategic complement to SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes) and underpins both training and inference workloads across the CoreWeave cloud.

This role requires strong systems thinking, cross-team influence, and a long-term view of platform scalability, reliability, and developer experience.

About the role:

  • Own the technical vision and architecture for major portions of the AI Workload Orchestration Platform
  • Design scalable, reliable orchestration primitives for AI workloads across multiple schedulers and runtimes
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