CoreWeave Hiring for Engineering Manager, Systems Engineering at Roseland, NJ, United States Full Time

CoreWeave is a specialized cloud provider, delivering a massive scale of GPU compute resources on top of the industry’s fastest and most flexible infrastructure.

CoreWeave builds cloud solutions for compute intensive use cases – VFX and rendering, machine learning and AI, batch processing, and Pixel Streaming – that are up to 35 times faster and 80% less expensive than the large, generalized public clouds.

Learn more at www.coreweave.com .

In this role, you will manage the team responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing CoreWeave’s bare-metal systems.

The team’s primary responsibilities include maintaining a custom Linux kernel, various OS images (Ubuntu-based), the virtualization stack (kubevirt / qemu / vfio), and the container / pod runtime stack (containerd / nydus / kubelet).

You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining the team’s roadmap, creating a hiring plan to grow the team and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.

Our Team’s Stack :

• Linux Kernel (custom build, currently tracking Ubuntu HWE)
• Intel / AMD CPUs, Nvidia GPUs, DPUs, Infiniband and Ethernet NICs
• KubeVirt, QEMU, SR-IOV, vfio-pci
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Containerd, Kubelet

Your Responsibilities :

• Build and lead distributed teams who are focused on rapidly delivering high quality results
• Identify opportunities to improve process flows and speed through systems and tools
• Develop measurable goals for teams, and ensure alignment across teams to deliver
• Facilitate constructive communication across all teams, and provide coaching and counseling to team leads by mentoring, one-on-one meetings, and regular performance feedback
• Work closely with recruiting team to attract and evaluate talent

Team Responsibilities :

• Develop and maintain tooling to build custom Linux kernels and stateless OS images
• Automate packaging of critical components (drivers, microcode, components with out-of-tree patches, etc)
• Serve as a senior point of contact for hardware issue escalation and troubleshooting
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define Linux and OS requirements, specifications, and system architecture
• Analyze and optimize the performance of bare-metal and virtualized systems, identify bottlenecks, and propose improvements for enhanced efficiency

Requirements :

• A passion for leading emerging teams in a fast-paced environment
• Experience coaching and managing other leaders, and senior level staff that work on challenging issues and solutions that are scalable and executed rapidly
• Prior success in creating processes and developing cross-disciplinary collaboration between engineering, operations, support, sales and product groups
• Enthusiasm for staffing, interviewing, growing and retaining talent
• Passionate about operational excellence
• Excellent communication and organization skills to drive cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional attention to detail and follow-up
• Start-up with growth experience preferred

Nice-to-haves :

• Prior experience managing distributed teams of Linux kernel developers / maintainers
• Prior experience working upstream with large open source projects (Linux kernel, kubernetes, etc)

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $210,000 / year in our lowest geographic market up to $225,000 / year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Hybrid Workplace

If you reside within a 30-mile radius of our New Jersey, New York, or Philadelphia offices, we’re excited for you to join us at the office at least three times a week, recognizing the significance we place on fostering connections, collaboration, and creativity within our office culture.

Our commitment to operating as a hybrid workplace underscores our dedication to enabling our employees to tailor their work-life balance to their individual preferences.

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on.

We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values :

• Be Curious at your Core
• Act like an Owner
• Empower Employees
• Deliver Best In-Class Client Experience
• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems.

As we get set for take off, the growth opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and benefits, including :

• Medical, dental and vision insurance – 100% paid for the employee
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 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 offices
• Weekly massages in NJ office
• A casual work environment
• Work culture focused on innovative disruption

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CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to our diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age.