Software Engineer, OS Automation Platform

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What You'll Do

The HAVOCK (Hardware, Acceleration, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Containerization, and Kernel) Services team owns the host software stack that turns freshly provisioned bare-metal machines into healthy CoreWeave Kubernetes worker nodes. We create the interfaces, services, libraries, and validation systems that allow HAVOCK and partner teams to safely release, test, and ship node software across global cloud environments.

About the role

As a Software Engineer on the OS Automation Platform team, you will design, build, and maintain the backend services, APIs, and libraries used to deploy node software across CoreWeave-owned and Omni environments. In this role, you will develop constraint-solver services like havock-api, build Kubernetes-native end-to-end testing frameworks, and maintain runtime configuration and storage libraries. You will also serve as the regional engineering owner for image releases, boot/provisioning failures, and configuration compatibility during EMEA and APAC hours, operating the systems you build, participating in an on-call rotation, and turning operational insights into automated platform solutions.

Who You Are

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating backend services, platforms, or developer and infrastructure tooling.

Proficiency in Go and/or Python with the ability to work effectively across both.

Practical experience designing and maintaining APIs or service contracts (e.g., REST, gRPC, Protobuf, Connect-RPC).

Ability to model complex relationships and constraints using graphs, relational models, or constraint solving approaches.

Solid understanding of the Linux boot, provisioning, and configuration lifecycle, including OS images, systemd, and cloud-init.

Hands-on debugging skills across Linux kernels, drivers, storage, networking, and Kubernetes node initialisation in production environments.

Experience operating production services, responding to incidents, and participating in on-call rotations.

Preferred:

Experience with bare-metal provisioning (PXE/iPXE), OS image building, or firmware and driver enablement.

Familiarity with NVIDIA GPU platforms and compatibility among hardware, OS images, kernels, drivers, and firmware.

Experience with Rust, Argo Workflows, Kubernetes Custom Resources, Helm, GitOps, Docker, or containerd.

Experience with Debian packaging, repository management, Ansible, or shell-based build pipelines.

Familiarity with observability systems such as Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, and Grafana.

Wondering if you're a good fit?

We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams—even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match.

You love to: Turn complicated infrastructure relationships into reliable, well-tested software platforms.

You're curious about: Solving complex Linux boot and OS configuration challenges across multi-tenant GPU infrastructure.

You're an expert in: Designing clear service interfaces, operating production backend platforms, and automating bare-metal validation.

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We're in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We're not afraid of a little chaos, and we're constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:

Be Curious at Your Core

Act Like an Owner

Empower Employees

Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences

Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take-off, the organisation's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!

The starting salary will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

To fulfill our obligation to protect client data, successful applicants offered employment with CoreWeave will be required to complete a basic criminal record check, conducted in compliance with GDPR. Employment offers are conditional upon receiving satisfactory check results.

What We Offer

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:

Family-level Medical Insurance

Family-level Dental Insurance

Generous Pension Contribution

Life Assurance at 4x Salary

Critical Illness Cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Tuition Reimbursement

Work culture focused on innovative disruption

Benefits may vary by location.

Equal Opportunity

CoreWeave 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.

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