CoreWeave · 8 hours ago
Systems Engineer, Kernel (Performance)
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$153K/yr - $242K/yr
5+ years expCoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™, delivering a platform of technology to enable innovators to build and scale AI. The Senior Systems Engineer, Kernel Performance & Observability will focus on developing automated introspection tools and leveraging eBPF for performance analysis and debugging.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop eBPF programs to trace complex performance regressions in production
Build and maintain Debug images and associated tooling
Automate the analysis of soft lockups and crash dumps (automating crash/drgn workflows)
Work on "OOB Kernel Introspection," enabling memory traces and debugging
Collaborate with the fleet team to integrate kernel metrics into high-level dashboards
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in Systems Engineering or Kernel Development
eBPF Mastery: Strong experience writing eBPF programs (using bcc, bpftrace, or libbpf) for production environments
Scripting for Debugging: Proficiency in Python (specifically for drgn or GDB scripting) to automate analysis
Deep Linux Internals: Understanding of how to trace the scheduler, memory subsystem, and block layer
Experience connecting system metrics to visualization tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
Preferred
Experience with OOB (Out of Band) management
Experience with Fuzzing (Syzkaller) or Sanitizers (KASAN, UBSAN)
Previous work on 'Self-Healing' infrastructure or automated remediation
Experience upstreaming tooling to the open-source community
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
Company
CoreWeave
CoreWeave is a cloud-based AI infrastructure company offering GPU cloud services to simplify AI and machine learning workloads.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$24.87BKey Investors
Jane Street CapitalStack CapitalCoatue
2025-12-08Post Ipo Debt· $2.54B
2025-11-12Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2025-08-20Post Ipo Secondary
Leadership Team
Michael Intrator
Chief Executive Officer
Brannin McBee
Founder & CDO
Recent News
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