Senior Software Engineer II, Applied Training

What Youll Do:

A lab signs with CoreWeave. They have thousands of GPUs waiting. Their first month Spent on cluster setup instead of research. Building deployment scripts fighting container images wiring up job orchestration. They came to train models. Instead theyre doing operations.

This is the problem. Were building the Applied Training team to fix it.

Youll be an early member of a small team responsible for our Kubernetes-native research cluster platform or the sandbox client for agentic training and evaluation or possibly a new project altogether. The goal is specific: give every CoreWeave customer the research infrastructure that currently only exists inside frontier labs.

In this role you will:

• Contribute to the roadmap for Applied Training figure out what actually unlocks new workloads and whats just nice to have
• Work directly and closely with customers and other teams inside CoreWeave that are building cloud native primitives: compute storage networking etc.
• For the research cluster platform: design and build a complete research cluster experience CLI job configuration schema Kubernetes operators daemons solving the problems researchers actually hit: code distribution checkpoint-triggered evaluation cross-cluster scheduling programmatic job control
• For sandbox infrastructure: own the Python SDK and work in a tight loop with the backend team enabling RL training runs to spawn thousands of isolated containers for agent rollouts and agent benchmarks at scale
• Write documentation for running popular OSS training frameworks on CoreWeave to unblock customers and help them succeed
• Work with infrastructure teams and customers directly the customers are large AI labs running thousands of GPUs; understand how they structure their internal supercomputing stacks and bring that knowledge back to what we build

Who You Are:

• 812 years building distributed systems ML infrastructure or developer platforms
• Real Kubernetes experience: custom controllers operators scheduling CRDs workload orchestration at scale not just deploying things to Kubernetes or cluster administration
• You understand what makes researchers productive: code distribution matters fast iteration cycles matter workflows that dont require becoming infrastructure experts matter
• Familiarity with training: how distributed jobs get scheduled how ranks initialize what breaks at scale
• Youve shipped infrastructure that other people rely on daily not prototypes production systems
• Strong communicator who can work with customers and translate researcher complaints into system designs

Preferred:

• Experience building internal ML platforms or research clusters at a company doing large-scale training
• Familiarity with agentic AI: RL training with rollouts agent evaluation sandbox isolation for running untrusted code
• Background with Slurm Ray or similar workload orchestration and opinions on where they fall short
• Experience with container runtimes isolation (gVisor Kata) or serverless platforms
• OSS contributions to Kubernetes SIGs Ray PyTorch or similar

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.

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 enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff the organizations 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 $182000 - $242000. 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. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings; for roles in other locations benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:

• 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

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