Sr. Engineer, Storage

CoreWeave • Bellevue, WA

7h • $165,000 - $220,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Storage Engineer to play a key role in designing, building, and operating our high-performance storage systems. You will contribute to the evolution of CoreWeave’s storage platform by building reliable, scalable, and high-throughput solutions. This role involves close collaboration with engineering teams across infrastructure, compute, and platform to ensure our storage services meet the needs of demanding AI workloads.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6–10 years of experience working in storage systems engineering or infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on experience with object storage or distributed filesystems in production environments.
• Experience with one or more storage protocols (e.g. S3, NFS) and file systems such as Ceph, DAOS, or similar.
• Proficiency in a systems programming language such as Go, C, or Rust.
• Familiarity with storage observability tools and telemetry pipelines (e.g., ClickHouse, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Solid understanding of cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, and scalable system architecture.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in distributed, high-performance environments.
• Clear communicator, able to work collaboratively across teams and share technical insights effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement storage solutions to support CoreWeave’s growing AI and cloud infrastructure needs.
• Contribute to the development of exabyte-scale, S3-compatible object storage and integrate dedicated storage clusters into diverse customer environments.
• Work with technologies such as RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, SPDK, and distributed filesystems to optimize storage performance and efficiency.
• Participate in efforts to improve the reliability, durability, and observability of our storage stack.
• Collaborate with operations teams to monitor, troubleshoot, and improve storage systems in production environments.
• Help develop metrics and dashboards to provide visibility into storage performance and health.
• Analyze telemetry and system data to drive improvements in throughput, latency, and resilience.
• Work cross-functionally with platform, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver seamless storage capabilities across the stack.
• Share your knowledge and mentor other engineers on best practices in building distributed, high-performance systems.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees