Staff Software Engineer, Cluster Orchestration (SUNK)

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:

CoreWeave’s Cluster Orchestration team builds and operates the Kubernetes-native foundation that powers AI training and inference at scale. We eliminate infrastructure bottlenecks and create next-generation orchestration capabilities—including SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes) and beyond—ensuring demanding workloads run seamlessly, reliably, and efficiently across massive GPU clusters.

About the role:

As a Staff Software Engineer, Cluster Orch (SUNK), you will act as a principal technical leader shaping the long-term architecture and strategy for CoreWeave’s orchestration platform. You will define the technical direction, own critical components of our orchestration layers and managed services, and drive major cross-organisational initiatives in scheduling, multi-tenant quota enforcement, and hyperscale scaling. In this high-impact role, you will establish organisation-wide best practices for platform reliability and observability, resolve complex distributed bottlenecks under intense demand, and mentor senior engineers across teams to elevate technical standards.

Who You Are:

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

8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a proven track record of designing, operating, and scaling large-scale distributed systems in production environments.

Advanced software development proficiency in Go and strong distributed systems design principles.

Deep technical expertise in Kubernetes internals, Slurm schedulers, or cloud-native development.

Demonstrated experience setting technical direction and successfully influencing cross-team architecture and platform goals.

Proven ability to mentor senior engineers, review complex technical designs, and elevate organisational operational standards.

Preferred:

Familiarity with modern orchestration, workflow, and mesh technologies (e.g., Ray, Kubeflow, Kueue, Istio, Knative, or Argo Workflows).

Deep experience with distributed workloads, GPU-based cloud applications, or machine learning pipelines.

Strong structural knowledge of advanced scheduling concepts, including quota enforcement, resource pre-emption, and intelligent scaling strategies.

Practical exposure to enterprise reliability practices, including defining SLOs, telemetry monitoring, and leading post-incident reviews.

Direct exposure to large-scale AI infrastructure workloads (ML training, inference, or high-performance computing).

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: Define the long-term architecture for cloud platform systems operating at global hyperscale.

You're curious about: Pioneering orchestration beyond SUNK and uncovering novel ways to evolve platforms for next-generation AI workloads.

You're an expert in: Mentorship, technical leadership, and solving structural issues that balance infrastructure cost, performance, and reliability.

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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