CoreWeave
Principal Engineer, Cluster Orchestration
$206K–$303K
Bellevue, WA / Sunnyvale, CA +2 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Feb 27, 2026
- Location
- Bellevue, WA / Sunnyvale, CA
Bellevue, WA
Sunnyvale, California, United States - Experience
- 15+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Position requires access to export-controlled information. Applicants must meet one of the stated U.S. person, export authorization eligibility, or likely authorization criteria; CoreWeave may decline to pursue export licensing.
About the job
Leads the architecture and development of cluster orchestration systems that schedule and operate large-scale GPU workloads for AI training and inference.
What you'll do
- Set architecture and technical direction for orchestration platforms, scheduling, resource sharing, and GPU isolation.
- Develop and improve Kubernetes control planes, schedulers, workload onboarding, and platform reliability.
- Write and review production code, lead design reviews, and mentor engineers across infrastructure teams.
What they ask for
- Deep, practical knowledge of Kubernetes and Slurm internals.
- Experience running GPU-heavy platforms for AI training, inference, or HPC workloads.
- Strong background in Go and cloud-native systems development.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with Kueue, Kubeflow, Argo Workflows, Ray, Istio, or Knative.
- Background in ML platform engineering, model onboarding, or lifecycle management.
Pay
USD $206,000 to $303,000 (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, Slurm, SUNK, Kueue, Go, Kubeflow, Argo Workflows, Ray
AI focus
Builds and operates orchestration infrastructure for AI training, inference, GPU scheduling, and model onboarding at scale.
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