Staff Software Engineer, Storage
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. We're looking for a Staff Storage Engineer to design, build, and operate the file and block storage behind our high-performance AI storage platform. You'll build reliable, scalable, high-throughput systems that power some of the largest and most innovative AI workloads in the world, working closely with infrastructure, compute and platform teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years in storage systems engineering or infrastructure.
- Hands-on production experience with distributed file systems or block storage.
- Storage protocols (e.g. NFS, S3) and file systems such as Ceph, Lustre, DAOS, or similar.
- Proficiency in a systems programming language such as Rust, C++, or Go.
- Cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, and scalable system architecture.
- Storage observability and telemetry pipelines (e.g., ClickHouse, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Strong debugging in distributed, high-performance environments, and clear communication across teams.
Nice To Haves
- You love owning a system from whiteboard to production
- You're curious about what storage looks like when it lives next to the GPUs
- You're an expert in making distributed systems fast, durable and simple to operate
Responsibilities
- Design and implement highly scalable multi-tenant file and block storage, from the data path through the control plane.
- Build distributed file storage and durable block volumes, and integrate dedicated storage clusters into customer environments.
- Work with technologies such as RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, RoCE, InfiniBand, SPDK, and distributed filesystems to optimize performance.
- Improve reliability, durability, and observability across the storage stack using telemetry, metrics, and dashboards.
- Partner with platform, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver storage capabilities across the stack.
- Mentor other engineers on 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
