Staff Engineer, Storage Control Plane

Staff Storage Engineer

We’re looking for a Staff Storage Engineer to play a key role in designing, building, and operating the control plane for our high‑performance AI storage platform. You’ll help evolve Core Weave’s storage systems by building reliable, scalable, and high‑throughput solutions that power some of the largest and most innovative AI workloads in the world. This role involves close collaboration with teams across infrastructure, compute, and platform to ensure our storage services scale automatically and seamlessly while maximizing performance and reliability.

• Design and implement a highly scalable multi‑tenant control plane that supports Core Weave’s growing AI storage and cloud infrastructure needs.
• Contribute to the development of exabyte‑scale, S3‑compatible object storage, distributed file system and integrate dedicated storage clusters into diverse customer environments.
• Work with technologies such as RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, RoCE, Infini Band, SPDK, and distributed file systems to optimize storage performance and efficiency.
• Participate in efforts to improve the reliability, durability, and observability of our storage stack.
• Collaborate with operations teams to monitor, analyze, and optimize storage systems using telemetry, metrics, and dashboards to improve performance, latency, and resilience.
• Work cross‑functionally with platform, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver seamless storage capabilities across the stack.
• Share your knowledge and mentor other engineers on best practices in building distributed, high‑performance systems.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience working in storage systems engineering or infrastructure.
• Strong hands‑on experience with object storage or distributed file systems in production environments.
• Experience with one or more storage protocols (e.g. S3, NFS) and file systems such as Ceph, DAOS, or similar.
• Proficiency in a systems programming language such as Go, C++, or Rust.
• Familiarity with storage observability tools and telemetry pipelines (e.g., Click House, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Solid understanding of cloud‑native infrastructure, Kubernetes, and scalable system architecture.
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills in distributed, high‑performance environments.
• Clear communicator, able to work collaboratively across teams and share technical insights effectively.

In addition to a competitive salary—base ranges from $165,000 to $242,000 plus a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program—Core Weave provides a range of benefits that support your needs.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance—100% paid for by Core Weave
• Company‑paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long‑term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
• Family‑forming support through Carrot
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible, full‑service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with 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

We prioritize a hybrid work environment; remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration.

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