Backend Software Engineer, Cloud Platform
CoreWeave is a leading cloud platform for AI, providing technology and tools for innovators. The Backend Software Engineer will design, build, scale, and maintain backend systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the cloud developer experience and manage cloud resources.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across CoreWeave, including frontend engineers, product managers and designers to shape the team’s strategy and roadmap
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure and performant backend services, APIs, and databases for our next-generation systems
- Participate in design discussions and architectural decisions to drive technical solutions that align with our business goals
- Contribute to software development best-practices, including writing maintainable and testable code and participating in thorough code reviews
- Debug and resolve production issues in a timely manner, providing high-level support when necessary
- Work with a passionate team of engineers in an iterative, high-trust agile environment
Skills
- Professional experience building and maintaining production-grade backend services
- Strong proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, or TypeScript
- Experience with authentication, authorization and security best practices
- Familiarity with observability practices including metrics and logging
- Solid understanding of CI/CD and software testing best-practices
- Solid understanding of database design and experience with SQL
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical team members
- Demonstrated ownership of code quality, performance, and maintainability from development through production
- Applicants must have work authorization that does not require sponsorship from the company now or in the future
- Experience with Kubernetes and a conceptual understanding of its major components
- Prior experience building reliable and scalable platform services that process large amounts of data
- Proven experience with Prometheus/PromQL, including optimizing time series queries, and/or integrating Prometheus with large-scale systems for monitoring and analytics
- Experience with managing cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools and practices
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Voluntary supplemental life insurance
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- 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 office and data center locations
- A casual work environment
- A work culture focused on innovative disruption
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