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CoreWeave · 2 weeks ago

Engineering Manager, API/IAM, Cloud Platform

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$165K/yr - $220K/yr

2+ years exp

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™, delivering a platform of technology and tools for innovators to build and scale AI. The Engineering Manager for API/IAM will lead a distributed team of backend engineers, focusing on authentication, authorization, and access control services for CoreWeave's identity platform.

AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureInformation TechnologyMachine Learning

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead & grow the team – coach 6‑10 backend engineers, set clear goals, run regular 1‑on‑1s, and foster an inclusive, high‑performance culture

Own the API/IAM roadmap – partner with product, security and engineering teams to define and sequence work on authentication, authorization, identity primitives, service tokens, and first‑class developer APIs

Guide technical direction – facilitate design reviews, unblock complex architecture decisions, and ensure that our identity and edge services are scalable, secure, observable and efficient

Raise the engineering bar – drive test strategy, CI/CD hygiene, on‑call quality, and post‑incident learning so production health stays “five nines” strong

Hire for hyper‑growth – partner with recruiting, and lead interviews to expand the team’s capacity and skill diversity

Deliver business outcomes – define and track OKRs, balance tech‑debt vs. features, and communicate progress to senior leadership and stakeholders

Qualification

API developmentIAM best practicesGo programmingPython programmingTypeScript programmingCI/CD principlesInfrastructure-as-CodeTeam leadershipCommunication skillsMentorshipProblem-solving

Required

At least 2 years of experience in engineering leadership roles

Track record of shipping and operating APIs and/or identity platforms using Go, Python, or TypeScript

Deep understanding of authentication, authorization, and IAM best‑practices (SAML, OIDC, OAuth, RBAC, etc)

Solid grasp of CI/CD, observability, databases and secure SDLC principles

Excellent written & verbal communication—you translate technical trade‑offs for executives and engineers alike and drive alignment across functions

Passion for developing people, crafting a psychologically safe environment, and modeling CoreWeave's values in day‑to‑day leadership

Preferred

Experience leading teams that build cloud platform services on Kubernetes (operators, CRDs, admission webhooks, etc.)

Demonstrated success hiring and scaling teams during hyper‑growth or rapid product expansion

Familiarity with multi‑region, high‑throughput identity or access‑control pipelines

Hands‑on background with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Pulumi) and major clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Prior ownership of SLO/SLA definition and end‑to‑end telemetry pipelines for identity and access services (e.g., auth latency, token issuance metrics)