Staff Software Engineer, Cluster Orchestration
CoreWeave- Base salary
- $185k–$275k Published base salary range
- Location
- Hybrid - Bellevue, WA or Sunnyvale, CA Remote eligibility
- Employment
- Full-time Staff / Principal
About the job
Company: CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™, a specialized cloud provider delivering massive-scale GPU compute for AI training and inference. Founded in 2017, publicly traded (Nasdaq: CRWV) since March 2025.
Role: Staff Software Engineer on the Cluster Orchestration team, advancing CoreWeave's orchestration platform including SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes) and Kubernetes-native foundation for AI workloads.
Responsibilities: Define architectural direction, own critical parts of the orchestration platform, drive cross-org initiatives in scheduling, quota enforcement, and scaling at hyperscale, mentor senior engineers, establish best practices in reliability and observability.
Qualifications: 8+ years software engineering, proven track record with large-scale distributed systems, deep expertise in Slurm/Kubernetes internals and cloud-native development, advanced proficiency in Go, experience setting technical direction. Preferred: familiarity with Ray, Kubeflow, Kueue, Istio, Knative, Argo Workflows, GPU-based applications, ML pipelines, scheduling concepts, reliability practices, AI infrastructure.
Compensation: Base salary range $185,000 - $275,000, plus discretionary bonus, equity awards, and comprehensive benefits.
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision insurance (100% paid), life insurance, short/long-term disability, FSA, HSA, tuition reimbursement, ESPP, mental wellness, family-forming support, paid parental leave, childcare support, 401(k) with match, flexible PTO, catered lunch, casual work environment.
Application: Apply via the provided link.
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