Staff Software Engineer - Physical AI

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 Physical AI Engineering Team at CoreWeave is responsible for building and scaling the core platform that powers the world's most advanced engineering simulation and AI workflows. We're seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help drive the architectural evolution of our platform as we scale to meet growing demand from the world's largest engineering companies.

Responsibilities

• Drive the ongoing transition from monolithic to distributed architecture.
• Design and implement architecture to be agentic ready, enabling rapid deployment of AI products and MCP server integrations.
• Own technical decisions balancing immediate business needs with long-term architectural goals.
• Write production-quality Python code for critical platform components.
• Build and optimize distributed compute services.
• Implement reliable workflow orchestration patterns.
• Own CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment strategy for platform services.
• Drive reliability, observability, and SRE practices.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, elevating the technical capabilities of the entire team.
• Establish engineering best practices and architectural patterns.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including time in a staff-level engineering role.
• Broad software engineering depth spanning deployment and CI/CD, automated testing, and SRE/production reliability.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture.
• Strong API and service interface design skills for distributed services.
• Security-minded development.
• Expert-level Python development skills with production experience at scale.
• Strong Kubernetes experience with production workloads.
• Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration tools.
• Cloud platform expertise.
• Experience with data processing frameworks.
• Track record of driving architectural transformations in growing companies.

Benefits

• Competitive salary (£116,000 - £155,000).
• Discretionary bonus.
• Equity awards.
• Comprehensive benefits program.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Health Savings Account.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Mental Wellness Benefits.
• Family-Forming support.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Flexible, full-service childcare support.
• 401(k) with a generous employer match.
• Flexible PTO.
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations.