IT Systems Engineer Cloud Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
The IT Engineering at CoreWeave designs builds and operates the systems that enable our employees and acquired organizations to work securely and efficiently at scale. The team partners closely with Security Business Development PeopleOps and Corporate functions to deliver resilient standardized and automation-first IT solutions that support CoreWeaves rapid growth.
CoreWeave is hiring an IT Systems Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure) to build and operate the GCP Azure and AWS platforms that power our internal IT and enterprise systems. The role covers cloud infrastructure enterprise IT and the operational reliability of the platforms those systems run on.
You will work hands-on across our internal cloud foundations: landing zones hybrid connectivity to data centers and the infrastructure behind identity collaboration IT operations and internal tooling.
The work is execution-heavy. You will also mentor junior engineers and contribute to team-level technical decisions.
- Provision and manage cloud resources within established landing zones including compute storage IAM and workload configuration.
- Manage IAM service accounts Workload Identity Federation and Secret Manager for internal workloads aligned with security baselines established by the cloud council.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform including GCP-specific modules for project factory and IAM.
- Partner with Security and Networking teams to implement approved zero-trust and defense-in-depth patterns for internal cloud services
- Contribute to cloud migrations and integrations tied to company growth including acquisitions and platform consolidations.
You will build and operate the cloud infrastructure behind CoreWeaves internal IT platforms and enterprise tooling.
- Core enterprise platforms in GCP projects multi-tenant Azure and AWS
- Shared internal services: VDI bastion hosts internal APIs job runners and internal tooling
- GCP-native workloads on GKE Cloud Run or Compute Engine
- Maintain the reliability of internal cloud environments including performance capacity cost and security posture.
- Set up and maintain monitoring alerting and logging across GCP Azure and AWS environments.
- Implement test and maintain backup disaster recovery and failover configurations based on defined recovery requirements.
- Identify bottlenecks and propose fixes across performance security and scalability.
- Build automation for common workflows using Cloud Build GitHub Actions or similar pipelines.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment and management.
- Troubleshoot production issues participate in incident response and contribute to root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Support and mentor less-experienced engineers through troubleshooting documentation code reviews and knowledge sharing.
- Be a reliable technical resource for the team.
- Work with engineers across teams on system integrations.
- Explain technical ideas and trade-offs to engineers and non-engineers alike.
This role operates across GCP Azure and AWS. GCP is where most new work lands so thats where we look for the most depth.
- 710 years of experience as a Systems Cloud or Infrastructure Engineer supporting production environments.
- Strong hands-on GCP experience including networking IAM compute storage security and observability in multi-project environments.
- Working experience with at least one additional public cloud platform preferably Azure or AWS and the ability to apply equivalent infrastructure concepts across cloud providers.
- Strong hands-on experience using Terraform to provision and manage cloud infrastructure including reusable modules remote state plan review troubleshooting and CI/CD-based deployment.
- Working knowledge of cloud networking including VPCs/VNets subnets routing DNS firewalls load balancers peering VPNs and private connectivity.
- Experience managing IAM service accounts workload identities secrets and least-privilege access.
- Experience using Git-based development workflows pull requests code reviews and automated validation.
- Experience operating Linux and Windows workloads in the cloud including deployment configuration patching hardening and troubleshooting.
- Experience implementing monitoring logging alerting dashboards and operational runbooks for cloud infrastructure and workloads.
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python Bash or PowerShell.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot production issues across infrastructure networking IAM operating systems and application dependencies.
- Clear communication of technical decisions risks and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate infrastructure engineering scripting troubleshooting and documentation.
- Familiarity with agentic AI concepts and experience building AI-enabled end-to-end automation or operational workflows.
- Experience integrating AI models or agents with enterprise systems APIs cloud services and automation platforms.
Wondering if youre a good fit We believe in investing in our people and value candidates who bring unique backgroundseven if you dont check every box. Here are a few qualities weve found make someone successful on our team. If some of this describes you wed love to talk.
- Youre deeply hands-on with cloud platformsespecially GCPand enjoy building infrastructure as code with Terraform across multi-cloud environments.
- You have strong problem-solving skills with a proactive analytical mindset and thrive troubleshooting production issues across infrastructure networking and IAM.
- You have excellent communication skills a demonstrated ability to mentor others and enjoy collaborating across teams in a fast-paced environment.
At CoreWeave we work hard have fun and move fast! Were in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. Were not afraid of a little chaos and were 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 Experiences - Achieve More Together
We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff 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!
The base salary range for this role is $182000 to $242000. The starting salary will be determined by job-related knowledge skills experience and the market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining addition to base salary our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus equity awards and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).
What We Offer
The range weve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications experience interview performance and location.
In addition to a competitive salary we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:
- 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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CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex disability age sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status or genetic information.
As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed please contact: .
Export Control Compliance
This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder) (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may for legitimate business reasons decline to pursue any export licensing process.
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What We Offer The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and loc ... View more