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CoreWeave · 3 days ago

Principal Engineer - Managed Databases

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$227K/yr - $303K/yr

10+ years exp

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™, empowering innovators to build and scale AI solutions. The Principal Engineer will lead the architecture and operations of Managed databases for AI workloads, defining strategies and guiding engineering teams to ensure high-performance and reliable database solutions.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureInformation TechnologyMachine Learning

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Define and drive CoreWeave’s Managed databases technical roadmap and strategy

Design and implement advanced database solutions applicable to AI workloads, while ensuring fault tolerance, high-scale and low-latency

Build solutions that offer programmatic access to creating, scaling, and modifying databases

Champion initiatives to improve reliability, durability, and self-healing capabilities of systems, and assume operational responsibilities

Develop operational review practices to assess performance against targets and iterating on those targets

Mentor and guide engineering teams on best practices in product engineering, fostering a customer-focused approach to systems design and technical excellence

Qualification

Managed databasesDistributed systemsCloud computingGolangPythonAI features developmentScaleReliabilityAnalytical skillsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsInterpersonal skills

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

10+ years of experience in distributed systems, with a focus on reliability and scale. Hands-on technical leader

Prior experience with managed databases as a SaaS offering

Proven experience building products to address customer needs

Proficiency in Golang or Python

Strong understanding of cloud computing infrastructure using Kubernetes, scalable architectures, and automation

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize problem statements from interactions with customers and design solutions given ambiguous requirements

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to convey storage engineering strategies and practices to technical and non-technical audiences