Principal Engineer - Managed Databases

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI. We're seeking a highly experienced and strategic Principal Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and operations of Managed databases for AI-workloads.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive CoreWeave’s Managed databases technical roadmap and strategy.
• Design and implement advanced database solutions applicable to AI workloads, while ensuring fault tolerance, high-scale and low-latency.
• Build solutions that offer programmatic access to creating, scaling, and modifying databases.
• Champion initiatives to improve reliability, durability, and self-healing capabilities of systems, and assume operational responsibilities.
• Develop operational review practices to assess performance against targets and iterating on those targets.
• Mentor and guide engineering teams on best practices in product engineering, fostering a customer-focused approach to systems design and technical excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in distributed systems, with a focus on reliability and scale. Hands-on technical leader.
• Prior experience with managed databases as a SaaS offering.
• Proven experience building products to address customer needs.
• Prior experience of building AI features in production is a plus.
• Proficiency in Golang or Python.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing infrastructure using Kubernetes, scalable architectures, and automation.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize problem statements from interactions with customers and design solutions given ambiguous requirements.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to convey storage engineering strategies and practices to technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• 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

The base salary range for this role is $227,000 to $303,000.