Sr GPU Performance Software Engineer

CoreWeave • Sunnyvale, CA

2d • 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 . About the role Senior engineers are area owners who lead designs, raise engineering standards, and deliver measurable improvements to latency, throughput, and reliability across multiple services. You’ll partner with fleet, product, and hardware teams to evolve our GPU performance testing platform to ensure we deliver a reliable and performant experience to our customers.

Requirements

• ~5-8 years experience
• Strong proficiency in Go and/or Python software development.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes at production scale.

Nice To Haves

• Experience testing hardware at scale
• HPC Experience
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and training / inference

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions to problems of scale for testing and validation of CoreWeave’s global infrastructure.
• Build and maintain backend services and APIs (gRPC/REST) in Go or Python to interact with Kubernetes and other infrastructure systems.
• Develop performance tests and automation workflows to expand hardware validation across the CoreWeave fleet.
• Write and maintain Kubernetes custom controllers and operators to automate infrastructure testing.
• Adapt and extend open source tooling to enhance visibility into system metrics, performance, and health.
• Lead and collaborate on cross-team efforts related to infrastructure testing and provisioning.
• Mentor GPU performance team members.
• Shape and influence development and deployment policies for the GPU performance team.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

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
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees