Software Engineer, Observability

Core Weave is the AI Hyperscaler, delivering a cloud platform of cutting‑edge services that power the next wave of AI. Our technology provides enterprises and leading AI labs with the most performant, efficient, and resilient solutions for accelerated computing.

We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead efforts in building, maintaining, and optimizing highly scalable, reliable, and secure systems.

The Observability team is responsible for deploying and maintaining critical infrastructure at Core Weave, including logging, tracing, and metrics platforms and the pipelines that feed them.

• Lead and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Scale logging, tracing, and metrics platforms to support a global datacenter footprint.
• Develop and refine monitoring and alerting to enhance system reliability.
• Advise engineers across Core Weave on optimal usage of Observability systems.
• Automate interactions with Core Weave’s Compute Infrastructure layer.
• Manage production clusters and ensure development teams follow best practices for deployments.

• 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Dev Ops, or a related field.
• Deep expertise across all observability pillars using tools like Click House, Elastic, Loki, Victoria Metrics, Prometheus, Thanos and/or Grafana.
• Expertise in Kubernetes, containerization, and microservices architectures.
• Proven track record of leading incident management and post‑mortem analysis.
• Excellent problem‑solving, analytical, and communication skills.

• Experience running and scaling observability tools as a cloud provider.
• Experience administering large‑scale Kubernetes clusters.
• Deep understanding of data‑streaming systems.

The base pay and target total cash for this position range from $188,000 to $250,000 and $226,000 to $300,000, respectively. Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position includes discretionary bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

• 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 participation
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
• Family‑forming support provided by Carrot
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible, full‑service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with employer match
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch each day at our office and data center locations
• Casual work environment
• Work culture focused on innovative disruption

While 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.

Core Weave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Core Weave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact

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