Engineering Manager, Hardware Compute
Job Summary
What Youll Do:
CoreWeaves Hardware Compute organization is responsible for building operating and automating the high-performance hardware cloud that powers the worlds most advanced AI workloads. This Warsaw-based engineering group spans three specialized hardware-adjacent domains: METAL (owning server hardware infrastructure fleet provisioning monitoring and maintenance at scale) METALDEV (developing the software and automation platforms managing hardware lifecycles and observability) and METALNET (owning high-bandwidth GPU interconnect platforms like NVLink and NVSwitch environments).
About the role:
As an Engineering Manager your primary mission is to build staff and scale a high-performing multi-disciplinary engineering organization in Warsaw. Reporting to the Director of Compute Architecture you will manage day-to-day workloads sprint planning and project execution across the local METAL METALDEV and METALNET domains. This highly cross-functional leadership role requires close collaboration with North American engineering leaders to align local teams with global technical roadmaps partner with recruiting to attract top-tier talent and foster a strong engineering culture centered on ownership accountability and operational excellence.
Who You Are:
- 5 years of experience in hardware infrastructure systems networking or platform engineering roles within data centre cloud or high-performance computing (HPC) environments.
- 2 years of direct people management experience including hiring coaching performance management and developing engineers or emerging team leads.
- Proven track record of growing or scaling teams establishing tailored hiring processes and onboarding technical talent effectively.
- Strong technical depth in one or more of the following: server hardware firmware/BMC technologies Linux systems hardware automation GPU infrastructure or HPC networking.
- Proven experience leading operational or engineering teams responsible for live production infrastructure at scale.
- Strong project and execution management skills with a track record of building lightweight effective processes that increase predictability and execution speed.
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally across engineering operations support supply chain and data centre functions to resolve complex blockers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical status trade-offs and risks to stakeholders.
Preferred:
- Experience standing up a brand-new engineering team or expanding an existing function into a new geography.
- Experience managing distributed or multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
- Hands-on experience with server fleet operations hardware qualification firmware lifecycle management and production incident response.
- Familiarity with BMC technologies and management interfaces such as Redfish or IPMI.
- Scripting and automation experience with Python Go Bash Ansible or similar tooling.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes-based services observability systems and distributed production environments.
- Experience with GPU platforms NVLink NVSwitch InfiniBand or other high-bandwidth / low-latency interconnect technologies.
Wondering if youre 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 arent a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities weve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you wed love to talk.
- You love to hire thoughtfully build balanced multi-disciplinary teams and mentor engineers to help them grow into higher-impact roles.
- Youre curious about bridging the gap between hardware infrastructure and software automation to drive absolute operational excellence.
- Youre an expert in bringing structure accountability and momentum to fast-moving environments while executing smoothly across international organizational boundaries.
Why CoreWeave
At CoreWeave we work hard have fun and move fast! Were in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. Were not afraid of a little chaos and were 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 provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff the organisations 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 base salary range for this role is PLN gross annually. 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 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
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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 ... View more