Staff Engineer, AI Object Storage

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

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What You'll Do:

The Storage Engine Team at CoreWeave is responsible for the product capabilities and data plane function of CoreWeave’s managed storage products. We build reliable, scalable storage solutions with segment-leading performance, collaborating across infrastructure, compute, and platform teams to meet the needs of the world’s most demanding AI workloads.

About the role:

As a Staff Engineer, AI Object Storage, you will design and implement distributed storage solutions to support scaling data-intensive AI workloads. You will contribute directly to the development of exabyte-scale, S3-compatible object storage and integrate dedicated clusters into diverse customer environments. Operating across hardware-adjacent stacks, you will leverage technologies like RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, and distributed filesystem protocols (e.g., NFS, FUSE) to optimise throughput, tail latency, and overall efficiency. Additionally, you will lead cross-functional efforts to elevate reliability, durability, security, and telemetry metrics while establishing operational best practices, architectural standards, and technical mentorship across the engineering team.

Who You Are:

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

8+ years of professional engineering experience in storage systems engineering or infrastructure platforms.

Strong hands-on experience with object storage or distributed filesystems in high-scale production environments.

Deep experience with storage protocols (e.g., S3, NFS) and distributed architectures such as Ceph, DAOS, or similar.

Proficiency in a systems programming language such as Go, C, or Rust.

Experience working with cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, and scalable system architectures.

Familiarity with storage observability, metrics collection, and telemetry pipelines (e.g., ClickHouse, Prometheus, Grafana).

Proficiency leveraging AI tools to augment and accelerate software development workflows.

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: Grow continuously, push the boundaries of your technical expertise, and solve complex distributed platform challenges.

You're curious about: Distributed storage engineering and how to adapt infrastructure to the intensive demands of AI/ML workloads.

You're an expert in: Data persistence on physical media, high-performance data transfer using RDMA, or building highly resilient distributed systems.

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!

Compensation

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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