Software Engineer, Developer ; Delivery

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience (Delivery)

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Core Weave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, Core Weave 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, Core Weave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, Core Weave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025.

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The Developer Experience - Delivery Team ensures the reliability, scalability, and usability of the core application management platform within Core Weave. This team is responsible for the services, processes and tooling that enable internal consumers to install, upgrade, and manage the complete lifecycle of applications within Core Weave's Kubernetes-native infrastructure platform. Members of this team will be challenged to combine the tools and patterns of the modern Kubernetes ecosystem with learnings gained from experiences with CI/CD, distributed systems orchestration, traffic shaping, progressive rollouts, application packaging, channel management, and SRE fundamentals to develop Core Weave's next-generation solution for internal service delivery.

• Lead the technical vision and architecture for Core Weave's internal delivery platform, defining the roadmap that enables efficient orchestration of services across one of the most dynamic cloud environments today
• Drive technical decision‑making across complex, multi‑faceted problems involving CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes infrastructure, deployment strategies, and service delivery at scale
• Architect and implement scalable solutions for progressive rollouts, traffic shaping, application packaging, and channel management that power thousands of deployments
• Establish technical standards and best practices for service delivery, championing their adoption across all engineering teams through influence and collaboration
• Design and build custom Kubernetes operators, controllers, and orchestration systems that enable declarative, reliable delivery of applications at massive scale
• Mentor and guide engineers on the team, fostering technical growth and establishing a culture of engineering excellence
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to ensure alignment between delivery platform capabilities and organizational needs, translating complex technical trade‑offs into clear recommendations
• Own the reliability and performance of critical delivery infrastructure, applying SRE fundamentals to achieve ambitious availability and deployment velocity targets
• Evaluate and integrate innovative tools and practices from the Kubernetes and cloud‑native ecosystems, balancing cutting‑edge solutions with production stability
• Grow, change, invest in your teammates, be invested‑in, share your ideas, listen to others, be curious, have fun, and, above all, be yourself.

• 7+ years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering
• Deep experience operating services in production and at scale, with a track record of building and evolving platforms that support high‑velocity engineering organizations
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives and driving consensus across teams in complex, ambiguous environments
• Expert‑level knowledge of Kubernetes, including deep understanding of its architecture, core components, and extension points (operators, CRDs, admission controllers)
• Strong proficiency in Go as a primary programming language for building production systems
• Extensive hands‑on experience with CI/CD systems (Git Hub Actions, ArgoCD, Flux) and gitops‑based delivery patterns
• Deep understanding of progressive deployment strategies, traffic management, canary rollouts, and error budgets
• Strong experience with Linux systems, shell scripting, and networking/storage fundamentals
• Demonstrated ability to design systems that balance innovation with reliability, considering trade‑offs around…