Director of Engineering, Media & Entertainment (M&E)

CoreWeave•San Francisco, NY

1d•$206,000 - $303,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com . CoreWeave is seeking a Director of Engineering, Media & Entertainment (M&E) to lead the development of next-generation cloud platforms and tools that power modern content creation workflows . This role will drive the engineering strategy and execution for solutions that support visual effects (VFX), animation, rendering, and post-production pipelines used by studios, artists, and creative teams worldwide. As a senior engineering leader, you will build and lead high-performing engineering teams responsible for designing scalable infrastructure, developer tools, and user-facing systems that enable creative professionals to run complex production workloads in the cloud. You will collaborate closely with product, design, infrastructure, and customer teams to translate real-world production workflows into reliable, high-performance software platforms. This role combines deep engineering leadership with domain expertise in M&E workflows , ensuring that the platform delivers exceptional performance, reliability, and usability for demanding creative workloads.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership of engineering teams and managers
Proven experience building and scaling cloud-based platforms or distributed systems.
Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, microservices architecture, and automation technologies.
Experience delivering enterprise SaaS or PaaS products used by external customers.
Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Ability to operate strategically while remaining deeply technical and hands-on with architecture decisions.

Nice To Haves

Experience building platforms or tools for Media & Entertainment workflows such as VFX, animation, rendering, or post-production pipelines.
Familiarity with industry tools such as Maya, Houdini, Katana, Cinema 4D, V-Ray, Arnold, or RenderMan.
Experience designing APIs, developer platforms, or automation frameworks used by technical users.
Knowledge of GPU-accelerated compute workloads and distributed rendering systems.
Experience working with Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, and large-scale cloud environments.

Responsibilities

Build and scale high-performing engineering teams focused on cloud platforms for media production workloads including rendering, simulation, and content processing.
Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
Define and execute the long-term engineering strategy for Media & Entertainment products and services.
Partner with Product and Design leaders to translate industry workflows and customer needs into scalable platform capabilities.
Establish engineering best practices for reliability, security, observability, and operational excellence.
Drive roadmap alignment between engineering initiatives and strategic business objectives.
Lead the design and development of scalable backend services, APIs, and developer interfaces that power M&E cloud workflows.
Build platforms that support demanding workloads such as rendering, asset processing, and distributed compute pipelines.
Drive architecture decisions for cloud-native systems leveraging technologies such as Kubernetes, distributed services, and infrastructure-as-code.
Ensure the platform enables self-service provisioning, automation, and repeatable workflows for production pipelines.
Establish engineering standards around performance, scalability, and security for enterprise-grade SaaS/PaaS systems.
Oversee system reliability and operational readiness through clear SLOs, monitoring, and runbook-driven on-call practices.
Work closely with product leadership to define technical requirements aligned with real customer workflows in animation, VFX, and media production.
Engage directly with studios, artists, and technical directors to understand pipeline challenges and incorporate feedback into product development.
Translate industry needs into clear engineering priorities and technical roadmaps.
Guide development teams through product milestones including specification, development, testing, and release.
Ensure engineering efforts balance customer requirements, technical feasibility, and business goals.
Implement engineering processes that support scalable development, including CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, and code review standards.
Manage development timelines and resource allocation across multiple engineering teams.
Track key operational and customer metrics including performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
Drive continuous improvement in engineering productivity and system performance.
Partner with QA, support, and customer success teams to ensure high-quality releases and strong user satisfaction.