Senior Software Engineer, MetalDev
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 3, 2026. First seen by Alion on May 22, 2026. CoreWeave scores B on the Alion truth index.
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 the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer within our Compute Architecture organization, you will help build the software control plane for hardware lifecycle management across large-scale GPU data centers. The METALDEV team builds Go-based distributed services that bring infrastructure online, monitor production hardware health, automate safe operational workflows, and give operators the observability and control needed to manage GPU servers and rack-scale systems with reliability and confidence. This is a software-first role at the intersection of distributed systems, production reliability, and hardware-aware automation, ideal for engineers who want their code to operate real-world infrastructure at massive scale.
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and operate Go-based services that manage the lifecycle of large-scale GPU data center infrastructure.
- Build automation for data center bring-up, hardware discovery, health monitoring, remediation, and production operations.
- Develop reliable APIs, services, and workflows for managing BMCs, firmware state, server health, and rack-level infrastructure.
- Improve observability, alerting, and operational tooling so production issues can be detected, understood, and resolved quickly.
- Translate incidents and hardware failure modes into software improvements that make the platform more resilient.
- Partner with hardware-adjacent, infrastructure, operations, and software teams to design systems that work safely at fleet scale.
Who You Are
- 5+ years of experience building and operating infrastructure or backend systems.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong proficiency in Go for building production services and tools.
- Experience designing and building gRPC and REST APIs.
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production environments.
- Familiarity with observability tooling such as Prometheus and Grafana.
Preferred
- Experience working with GPU-based systems.
- Experience with low-level hardware management such as BMCs or Redfish.
- Experience operating large-scale distributed systems or high-throughput infrastructure.
- Experience collaborating with or contributing to open-source projects (for example, Go, Redfish).
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 a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.
- You enjoy working close to the hardware and are curious about how GPUs, servers, and data centers fit together.
- You thrive in infrastructure environments where reliability, performance, and automation matter as much as features.
- You like collaborating across hardware, platform, and product teams to solve complex, ambiguous problems.
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 growth opportunities within the organization 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 $153,000 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 full-time employees; 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
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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), 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].
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.