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About the role
We are looking for a Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across Security Products. This is a senior individual-contributor role for an engineer who can define architecture, guide execution across multiple teams, and solve complex distributed-systems problems in security-critical infrastructure.
What they're looking for
- 12+ years of experience designing and building production software, including substantial experience with distributed systems and platform infrastructure
- A track record of serving as a principal, staff-plus, distinguished, or equivalent technical leader across multiple teams or a broad technical domain
- Deep expertise in distributed-systems design, including scalability, availability, latency, consistency, concurrency, partition tolerance, caching, replication, and failure recovery
- Experience designing and operating security-sensitive or reliability-critical services in production
- Strong software engineering experience with one or more systems languages or backend ecosystems, such as Go, Java, Rust, C++, Python, or equivalent
- Demonstrated ability to move from ambiguous requirements to clear architecture, sequenced execution plans, and durable engineering outcomes
More about this role
CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com .
We are looking for a Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across Security Products. This is a senior individual-contributor role for an engineer who can define architecture, guide execution across multiple teams, and solve complex distributed-systems problems in security-critical infrastructure.
The systems you help design will support demanding production requirements: four nines of availability, high scalability, consistently low latency, strong security boundaries, and safe behavior under partial failure in a multi-region setup. You will work across the full lifecycle of these systems, from architecture and technical strategy through...
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