CoreWeave
Director, Data Center Engineering
$180K–$264K
Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA +5 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA
Bellevue, WA
Livingston, New Jersey, United States
Manhattan, New York, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
Sunnyvale, California, United States - Experience
- 15+ years, including at least 8 years in an engineering leadership or people-management role.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Position requires access to export-controlled information. Applicant must be a U.S. person, eligible to access the information without export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required authorization; CoreWeave may decline to pursue export licensing.
About the job
Leads the engineering team and technical strategy for CoreWeave’s global data center portfolio, governing design standards and delivering scalable infrastructure for high-density compute.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering experts and set the portfolio’s technical direction, design roadmap, and Basis of Design.
- Oversee design reviews, engineering integration, and technical decisions across projects from planning through commissioning and operational handoff.
- Evaluate emerging infrastructure technologies and improve reliability, efficiency, sustainability, and standardization.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering field.
- 15+ years of relevant experience, including at least 8 years in engineering leadership or people management.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and planning large-scale, high-density data centers.
- Experience governing Basis of Design and reference designs, and overseeing engineering across multiple projects and delivery stages.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in engineering or a related field.
- Professional Engineer (PE) licensure, or certifications such as LEED, Uptime Institute, or similar industry qualifications.
Pay
$180,000 to $264,000 (base salary)
Tools
UPS systems, generators, cooling plants, liquid-cooling systems, BMS and controls, medium- and low-voltage power distribution, substations, energy storage
AI focus
Develops scalable data center infrastructure for high-density AI compute and evaluates technologies such as advanced and liquid cooling, power distribution, and modular infrastructure.
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