CoreWeave
Principal Engineer, Distributed Systems
$227K–$303K
New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA +3 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA
Bellevue, WA
Manhattan, New York, United States
Sunnyvale, California, United States - Experience
- 12+ years; includes substantial distributed-systems and platform-infrastructure experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person, eligible to access export-controlled information without required export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain required export authorization. CoreWeave may decline to pursue export licensing for legitimate business reasons.
About the job
Provides technical leadership for Security Products, setting architecture and guiding teams building reliable, multi-region authorization, authentication, and security infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Define distributed-systems architecture and reliability strategies for multi-region, security-critical services.
- Lead technical direction for high-scale authorization systems, a Security Token Service, and an API Authentication Gateway.
- Guide architecture reviews, operational readiness, incident learning, engineering standards, and mentorship across teams.
What they ask for
- 12+ years designing and building production software, including substantial distributed-systems and platform-infrastructure experience.
- Track record as a principal, staff-plus, distinguished, or equivalent technical leader across multiple teams or a broad technical domain.
- Deep distributed-systems expertise and experience operating security-sensitive or reliability-critical production services.
- Strong software engineering experience with one or more systems languages or backend ecosystems, such as Go, Java, Rust, C++, Python, or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-scale authorization, Security Token Services, identity platforms, or API Authentication Gateways.
- Experience with multi-region systems, four-nines availability, identity standards, cryptography, or related security infrastructure.
Pay
USD 227,000 to USD 303,000 (base salary)
Tools
Go, Java, Rust, C++, Python, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Kubernetes
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