Description
CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence.
The Runtime & GPU Systems team builds and operates secure, high-performance environments for multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms at scale. As a GPU & Runtime Systems Engineer, you will design, build, and evolve secure sandboxed runtime environments for Kubernetes workloads, focusing on runtime isolation, performance, and security.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement secure execution environments for containerized and virtualized workloads.
- Build GPU-aware scheduling, isolation, and resource management strategies for multi-tenant workloads.
- Optimize container, VM, and I/O performance across GPU-accelerated workloads.
- Conduct profiling, benchmarking, and performance tuning for runtime, virtualization, and GPU stacks.
- Contribute to architectural decisions across Linux internals, container runtimes, virtualization layers, and GPU drivers.
- Collaborate with security, platform, and infrastructure teams to define and implement runtime isolation and performance standards.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in systems, platform, infrastructure, or production engineering at scale.
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience designing, implementing, or operating secure execution environments.
- Practical experience with lightweight virtualization and sandboxing technologies.
- Experience supporting GPU-accelerated workloads in multi-tenant environments.
- Proficient in systems-oriented programming with strong Linux internals knowledge.
- Skilled at diagnosing and resolving complex performance, reliability, or isolation issues.
Preferred:
- Experience building systems for safely executing untrusted or sensitive workloads in shared environments.
- Familiarity with GPU drivers and low-level virtualization or I/O optimization techniques.
- Experience defining threat models and implementing runtime security policies in multi-tenant systems.
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. We offer a comprehensive benefits program, including 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.