Technical Program Manager – Cluster Orchestration & Model Benchmarking

Sunnyvale, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 8 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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.

About the role

CoreWeaves AI/ML Platform Services organization is responsible for the orchestration layer that schedules and manages AI workloads across CoreWeaves GPU-accelerated infrastructure. As a Technical Program Manager focused on orchestration and model benchmarking you will drive programs that define how large-scale AI workloads are scheduled executed and evaluated for performance and cost efficiency.

Youll partner with engineering infrastructure and product teams to evolve CoreWeaves orchestration systemsincluding Slurm-on-Kubernetes (SUNK) and future orchestratorswhile building robust benchmarking and observability frameworks that help customers and internal teams compare model performance runtime efficiency and GPU utilization across environments.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of distributed systems and AI infrastructure has deep technical fluency in workload orchestration or scheduling and excels at building the operational structure and visibility required to scale complex high-throughput systems.

In this role the TPM will

Drive end-to-end program management for cluster orchestration initiativesspanning SUNK Kubernetes and emerging workload schedulers.
Lead cross-functional efforts to deliver next-generation cluster orchestration capabilities for distributed AI training and inference workloads.
Partner with engineering and product to define roadmaps for cluster utilization scheduling efficiency preemption logic multi-tenant fairness and workload resilience.
Own the execution of model benchmarking programsestablishing frameworks datasets and metrics to measure model performance throughput latency and cost across hardware types and orchestration environments.
Develop and scale processes for cross-team dependency management performance testing and release management owning external release management for SUNK and other cluster orchestrators including planning coordination and rollout of customer-facing updates.
Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to ensure orchestration systems meet CoreWeaves reliability and scalability goals.
Build program dashboards success metrics and feedback loops to improve workload scheduling efficiency GPU and cluster utilization and time-to-deployment.
Create strong communication channels between AI Platform Engineering Infrastructure and Product to align roadmap priorities and deliver predictable high-impact outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
8 years of technical program management experience in distributed systems cloud infrastructure or ML/AI platforms.
Proven success leading programs involving large-scale orchestration or scheduling systems (e.g. Kubernetes Ray Slurm Kueue or proprietary systems).
Strong technical fluency in distributed computing job scheduling Kubernetes orchestration and benchmarking methodologies.
Demonstrated ability to define success metrics and drive measurable improvements in performance reliability or efficiency.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills with a track record of aligning multiple teams and stakeholders on complex technical initiatives.

Additional Qualifications

Experience with model benchmarking frameworks profiling tools or distributed test harnesses (e.g. MLPerf vLLM benchmarks custom evaluation pipelines).
Understanding of GPU types model parallelism and distributed training/inference performance trade-offs.
Experience designing or managing benchmarking data pipelines and visualization tooling.
Background in building operational maturity and visibility within high-growth multi-team technical organizations.

The base salary range for this role is $161000 to $237000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge skills experience and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining addition to base salary our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus equity awards and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

What We Offer

The range weve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications experience interview performance and location.

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

Medical dental and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
Company-paid Life Insurance
Voluntary supplemental life insurance
Short and long-term disability insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Health Savings Account
Tuition Reimbursement
Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
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 a 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

Our Workplace

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

California Consumer Privacy Act - California applicants only

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.

As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) CoreWeave 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: .

Export Control Compliance

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder) (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may for legitimate business reasons decline to pursue any export licensing process.

Required Experience:

Manager