Staff Software Engineer, Cluster Orch (SUNK)

CoreWeaves 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 capabilitiesincluding SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes) and beyondensuring 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 CoreWeaves 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 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.

• Bachelors 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).

We believe in investing in our people and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teamseven if you arent a 100% skill or experience match.

• You love to: Define the long-term architecture for cloud platform systems operating at global hyperscale.
• Youre curious about: Pioneering orchestration beyond SUNK and uncovering novel ways to evolve platforms for next-generation AI workloads.
• Youre an expert in: Mentorship technical leadership and solving structural issues that balance infrastructure cost performance and reliability.

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 enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take-off 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!

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is 369000 PLN to 493000 PLN gross annually. 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 programme (subject to eligibility).

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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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