Staff Software Engineer, IAM

Job Title

Staff Software Engineer, IAM

Company Overview

CoreWeave is a cloud computing company that provides a platform for AI workloads. It was founded in 2017 and became a publicly traded company in March 2025.

Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Identity & Access Management (IAM) team, you will be a primary architect of CoreWeave's IAM strategy as we rapidly expand the platform. You will leverage your deep expertise in identity systems to design, extend, and harden a platform that secures our high-performance cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Technical Strategy & Vision: Partner with Product and Engineering Leadership to translate complex requirements into a multi-year technical roadmap that balances immediate business needs with long-term architectural integrity
• System Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems for authentication and authorization across all CoreWeave services
• Platform Evolution: Architect customer-facing experiences for identity lifecycle management, IdP integration (SAML/OIDC), and granular permissioning models
• Engineering Excellence: Champion a security-first mindset across the organization, establishing rigorous standards for code quality, design reviews, and threat modeling
• Operational Leadership: Elevate the team's operational maturity by defining SLOs, enhancing deep-stack observability, and driving automation to eliminate systemic toil
• Technical Mentorship: Act as a force multiplier by mentoring Senior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning and high-performance engineering
• Cross-Functional Influence: Drive alignment on critical security initiatives across the broader engineering organization, articulating complex technical trade-offs to stakeholders

Requirements

• 10+ Years of Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems in a production environment using one or more of Go, TypeScript, or React
• 5+ Years of IAM Domain Expertise: Proven track record of developing identity products and a deep mastery of standards including OIDC, OAuth2.0, SAML, and JWT
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading large, cross-functional projects from inception to planet-scale deployment with measurable business impact
• Cloud-Native Mastery: Deep understanding of Kubernetes, microservices architecture at scale, and advanced CI/CD patterns
• Enterprise Security Acumen: Solid knowledge of the security, compliance (SOC2, HIPAA, etc.), and governance needs of sophisticated enterprise customers
• Strategic Communication: Superb ability to synthesize ambiguous requirements into clear technical designs and communicate trade-offs to both executive and technical audiences
• Analytical Problem Solving: Expert-level ability to debug complex, intermittent issues within distributed environments

Preferred

• Architectural Transformation: Experience leading the decomposition of monolithic architectures into high-performance microservices
• AI-Augmented Development: Familiarity with leveraging AI agents (e.g., Claude, Cursor) to accelerate the software development lifecycle
• Emerging Tech Knowledge: Familiarity with AI/ML workloads, GPU-based infrastructure, and the unique security challenges of MLOps at scale
• Policy-as-Code: Experience with modern authorization frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA) or Cedar

What We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $188,000 to $275,000
• Discretionary bonus
• Equity awards
• Comprehensive benefits program (medical, dental, and vision insurance, company-paid life insurance, voluntary supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending account, health savings account, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase program, mental wellness benefits, family-forming support, paid parental leave, flexible PTO, catered lunch, casual work environment, and a work culture focused on innovative disruption)
• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with a generous employer match

Workplace

• 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