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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.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nIn this role, you will play a key part in ensuring the availability, reliability, and scalability of one of the industry’s largest Kubernetes environments. As a member of the team, you will drive operational excellence, implement robust automation, and help shape the systems that keep CoreWeave’s cloud running smoothly.\nAbout the role:\nBuild, operate, and scale Kubernetes-based production infrastructure that delivers CoreWeave’s products with high reliability and performance.\nDevelop automation, tooling, and infrastructure as code in Go and other infrastructure-focused languages to enable zero-touch operations, rapid recovery, and seamless deployments.\nDesign, implement, and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions-leveraging the Grafana ecosystem and related tools-to proactively identify and resolve production issues.\nDrive incident response efforts, participate in on-call rotations, and lead root cause analysis to prevent recurrence and improve incident handling processes.\nPartner with internal and cross-functional teams to ensure platform capabilities meet rigorous operational requirements and customer SLAs.\nEngineer for resiliency, implementing best practices for redundancy, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery across complex distributed systems.\nAdvocate for security, reliability, and performance improvements throughout the stack, continuously seeking opportunities to strengthen operational standards.\nContribute to the development of custom Kubernetes operators and intelligent orchestration frameworks that optimize AI workload performance and resource utilization at scale.\nWho You Are:\nBring 3+ years of experience in production engineering, SRE, or large-scale infrastructure/platform roles.\nAre knowledgeable in Kubernetes administration, container orchestration, and microservices architectures, with a bias for automating every aspect of operations.\nHave a proven track record managing high-uptime, customer-facing systems in a fast-moving environment, with experience delivering measurable improvements in reliability and performance.\nPossess experience in monitoring, observability, and incident management using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, Loki, or VictoriaMetrics.\nDemonstrate knowledge in infrastructure-focused programming-especially in Go and Bash-and hold a deep understanding of Linux systems.\nExcel at troubleshooting complex production issues, from system failures to performance bottlenecks, and approach problems methodically with strong analytical skills.\nCommunicate clearly across technical and non-technical stakeholders, proactively sharing knowledge and advocating for operational best practices.\nAre passionate about building systems that are not just functional, but robust, self-healing, and easy to operate at scale.\nTake pride in driving continuous improvement, and helping set high standards for operational excellence and team culture.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nYou deliver stable, robust, and highly-available systems that consistently meet or exceed uptime and performance targets.\nYou champion initiatives that drive automation, reduce operational toil, and increase the efficiency of incident response.\nYou actively contribute to a blameless culture of learning, mentoring others in operational best practices and production engineering principles.\nYou help CoreWeave maintain industry leadership through flawless execution in supporting demanding, AI-powered workloads at scale\nWondering 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.\nWhy CoreWeave?\nAt 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: \nBe Curious at Your Core\nAct Like an Owner\nEmpower Employees\nDeliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences\nAchieve More Together\nWe 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 organization's growth opportunities 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! \nThe base salary range for this role is $153,000 to $204,000. 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).\nWhat We Offer\nThe 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.\nIn 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:\nMedical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave\nCompany-paid Life Insurance \nVoluntary supplemental life insurance \nShort and long-term disability insurance \nFlexible Spending Account\nHealth Savings Account\nTuition Reimbursement \nAbility to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)\nMental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health \nFamily-Forming support provided by Carrot\nPaid Parental Leave \nFlexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside\n401(k) with a generous employer match\nFlexible PTO\nCatered lunch each day in our office and data center locations\nA casual work environment\nA work culture focused on innovative disruption\nCalifornia Applicants\nCalifornia Consumer Privacy Act \nEqual Opportunity & Accommodations\nCoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. 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