CoreWeave
Staff Software Engineer, IAM
$188K–$275K
New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 8, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA
Manhattan, New York, United States - Experience
- 8+ years in production distributed systems; 5+ years in IAM.
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires eligibility to access 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 required U.S. government export authorization. CoreWeave may decline to pursue export licensing for legitimate business reasons.
About the job
Architect and lead the evolution of CoreWeave’s identity and access management platform to secure cloud services and support enterprise customers.
What you'll do
- Set IAM technical strategy and lead architecture and implementation of distributed authentication and authorization systems.
- Build identity lifecycle, IdP integration, and permissioning experiences while advancing security, reliability, and operational practices.
- Mentor engineers and align cross-functional stakeholders on security initiatives and technical trade-offs.
What they ask for
- 8+ years building and operating production distributed systems using one or more of Go, TypeScript, or React.
- 5+ years of IAM expertise, including identity product development and mastery of OIDC, OAuth2.0, SAML, and JWT.
- Experience leading large cross-functional projects from inception to planet-scale deployment with measurable business impact.
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes, scaled microservices, advanced CI/CD, and enterprise security, compliance, and governance.
Nice to have
- Experience decomposing monoliths into high-performance microservices.
- Familiarity with AI agents for software development, AI/ML and GPU infrastructure security, or authorization frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA) or Cedar.
Pay
$188,000 to $275,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, TypeScript, React, OIDC, OAuth2.0, SAML, JWT, Kubernetes
AI focus
Preferred familiarity with AI agents (e.g., Claude, Cursor) to accelerate software development; familiarity with AI/ML workloads, GPU infrastructure, and MLOps security challenges is also preferred.
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