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Core Weave is the AI Hyperscaler, delivering a cloud platform of cutting edge services powering the next wave of AI. Our technology provides enterprises and leading AI labs with the most performant, efficient and resilient solutions for accelerated computing. Since 2017, Core Weave has operated a growing footprint of data centers covering every region of the US and across Europe. Core Weave was ranked as one of the TIME
100 most influential companies of 2024.

As the leader in the industry, we thrive in an environment where adaptability and resilience are key. Our culture offers career-defining opportunities for those who excel amid change and challenge. If you’re someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is eager to make a significant impact, Core Weave is the place for you. Join us, and be part of a team solving some of the most exciting challenges in the industry.

Core Weave powers the creation and delivery of the intelligence that drives innovation.

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The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Weave Kubernetes Service (CKS) team — the core of Core Weave's infrastructure stack. In this role, you’ll help scale and evolve one of the largest Kubernetes environments in the industry. As a Senior Engineer, you’ll deliver impactful features, improve system performance and reliability, and grow into a key technical contributor.



Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and support Kubernetes-based infrastructure that powers Core Weave’s products at scale.
• Design and build applications and Kubernetes operators in Go.
• Create and maintain custom Kubernetes interfaces and orchestration tooling.
• Develop observability solutions using the Grafana ecosystem (e.g., Loki, Victoria Metrics) to monitor reliability and performance.
• Enable our customers’ AI workloads to run better on our cloud by developing differentiating features within our Kubernetes stack.
• Contribute to Core Weave’s leadership in AI-focused open source projects.
• Participate in incident response and on-call rotations, contributing to a culture of operational excellence.
• Collaborate across teams to integrate platform capabilities and support internal product needs.
• Continuously seek areas of technical improvement, advocating for performance, security, and reliability enhancements.

• Have 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or software engineering.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, containerization, and microservices architectures.
• Have experience leading open source projects.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Are obsessed with customer success.
• Ar curious to learn about the constantly evolving needs of AI workloads.
• Have expertise in monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk.
• Have strong software engineering capabilities in Go, Bash, and other infra-focused languages.
• Have strong Understanding of Linux fundamentals and principals.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and enjoy working as part of a team.
• Are motivated to contribute to high-impact projects while continuing to grow and mentor others.
• Possess excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

• You demonstrate ownership over technically-complex and broadly impactful projects and are a self-starter in identifying and leading these opportunities.
• You propose improvements to team processes regularly and help increase platform reliability and developer productivity.
• You mentor junior team members and contribute meaningfully to team culture and technical discussions.
• You collaborate effectively across teams and raise the technical bar by sharing knowledge and driving best practices.