Staff Storage Engineer, File & Block
About The Position
CoreWeave is seeking a Staff Storage Engineer to design, build, and operate the file and block storage for their high-performance AI storage platform. The role involves creating reliable, scalable, high-throughput systems to support large AI workloads, in close collaboration with infrastructure, compute, and platform teams. The engineer will contribute to the development of exabyte-scale, S3-compatible object storage, distributed file systems, and integrate dedicated storage clusters into diverse customer environments. This position requires working with advanced technologies like RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, RoCE, InfiniBand, SPDK, and distributed filesystems to optimize storage performance and efficiency. A key aspect of the role is improving the reliability, durability, and observability of the storage stack, and collaborating with operations teams to monitor, analyze, and optimize storage systems using telemetry, metrics, and dashboards. The engineer will also work cross-functionally with platform, product, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless storage capabilities and mentor other engineers on best practices for building distributed, high-performance systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 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 a highly scalable multi-tenant control plane that supports CoreWeave’s growing AI storage and cloud infrastructure needs.
- Contribute to the development of exabyte-scale, S3-compatible object storage, distributed file system and integrate dedicated storage clusters into diverse customer environments.
- Work with technologies such as RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, RoCE, InfiniBand, 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, analyze, and optimize storage systems using telemetry, metrics, and dashboards to improve performance, 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
