Senior Engineer, Compute Services (Kubernetes, Bare Metal)

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI. As a Senior Engineer in Compute Services, you will build fault-tolerant and reliable infrastructure to support internal processes and the customer platform.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tooling to provision Kubernetes control planes on bare-metal
• Create tooling using Python, Golang, and Bash
• Perform day 2 lifecycle tasks and maintenance on running clusters
• Identify gaps and implement fault-tolerant architectures
• Optimize reliability using the Grafana ecosystem
• Design automated testing to validate build quality and stability
• Participate in an on-call rotation every two months

Requirements:

• Proven experience provisioning Kubernetes using tools such as kubeadm, Cluster API, Kubeception, Kubespray, or similar
• Demonstrated ability debugging complex kubernetes cluster issues and carrying out upgrades
• Proficiency in Golang, Bash, and Python
• Advanced Linux OS troubleshooting skills
• Extensive experience with Ansible
• Advanced DevOps experience (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively on shared codebases
• Excellent documentation skills and high attention to detail
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Experience participating in an on-call rotation to support production services

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bare-metal OS provisioning experience
• Kubernetes operator coding experience
• Advanced Linux networking expertise
• AWX/Ansible tower knowledge

The base salary range for this role is $153,000 to $204,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, company-paid Life Insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending account, health savings account, tuition reimbursement, and more.