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# Engineering Manager, Object Storage Data Plane at CoreWeave

- **Company:** CoreWeave
- **Location:** Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11
- **Apply:** https://coreweave.com/careers/job?4709354006&board=coreweave&gh_jid=4709354006

## Job description

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](http://www.coreweave.com/).

## About the Role

As an Engineering Manager, Object Storage Data Plane, you will lead high-performing systems engineering teams driving high-throughput distributed storage architectures and tackling the challenge of scaling storage performance by 10x for massive AI workloads. You will oversee file and block and object storage development to maximize GPU utilization across AI cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will balance technical guidance with strategic execution, performance management and cross-functional leadership in a fast-paced environment.

## What You’ll Do

- Scale foundational file and block and object storage systems powering high-performance computing AI infrastructure.
- Drive end-to-end design and operational excellence across file and block and object storage services built in Go and Rust to maximize GPU utilization.
- Solve complex engineering challenges to achieve 10x performance scaling in file and block and object storage systems.
- Lead systems engineering teams in a coding-focused, meeting-light culture with high autonomy and impact.
- Provide technical mentorship, oversee performance management and foster innovation.
- Align engineering execution with strategic business goals through effective cross-team leadership.

## Who You Are

- Deep technical expertise in storage performance tuning, latency optimization and benchmarking for file and block and object storage architectures.
- 3+ years managing engineering teams plus 7+ years in hands-on systems or infrastructure engineering.
- Technical expertise in cloud storage technologies and distributed systems such as Ceph, Lustre, MinIO and GPUDirect Storage.
- Proven track record scaling storage engineering teams within hyper-scale cloud environments.
- Demonstrated success operating ultra-low-latency systems across high-performance computing or AI infrastructure.
- Proficiency in systems programming with Go and Rust.
- Demonstrated capability in technical recruitment and team growth.

Wondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.

- You are driven to solve complex low-latency systems challenges and scale top-tier engineering teams.
- You are eager to push the boundaries of GPU optimization, next-generation distributed systems and massive-scale AI infrastructure.
- You are an expert in cloud storage, file and block and object storage systems and low-level systems programming.

Why CoreWeave?

We care deeply about how we build our products and how we collaborate, anchored by our core values:

- Be curious at your core
- Act like an owner
- Empower employees
- Deliver best-in-class client experiences
- Achieve more together

We foster an environment of high autonomy and collaboration to solve complex technical challenges. You will work alongside industry leaders driving breakthrough engineering in AI cloud infrastructure.

The base salary range for this role is $182,000 to $242,000. 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 compensation. In 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 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 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

California Applicants

[California Consumer Privacy Act](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gPBRBhUNAMBmj7Yn4_M-hCugm7ZJD4hr/view?usp=sharing)

## Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

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 https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/fact-sheet-disability-discrimination, 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: careers@coreweave.com.

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.

## About CoreWeave

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: CoreWeave is a specialized cloud provider delivering GPU-accelerated infrastructure for AI workloads, positioning itself as the AI Hyperscaler™.
- **Entity Type**: Private (growth stage, multiple funding rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Livingston, New Jersey, USA
- **Founded**: 2017 [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/coreweave)
- **Founders**: Mike Intrator (CEO, Co-founder), Brian Venturo (CSO, Co-founder), Brannin McBee (CDO, Co-founder), Peter Salanki (CTO, Co-founder) [coreweave.com/about-us](https://www.coreweave.com/about-us)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cloud computing, AI infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise AI labs, AI-native companies, and large-scale accelerated computing workloads
- **Mission or purpose statement**: Power the creation and delivery of the intelligence that drives innovation (inferred from "power the creation and delivery of cutting-edge intelligence" [coreweave.com/about-us](https://www.coreweave.com/about-us))

## Products & Services
- **CoreWeave Cloud Platform**: IaaS/PaaS offering on-demand GPU compute, high-performance storage, and networking optimized for training and inferencing AI models. The platform is purpose-built for accelerated computing, providing a cloud-native alternative to traditional hyperscalers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Over 1,450 total employees (as of 2025) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/coreweave)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not specified in provided sources
- **Growth Signals**: Named one of TIME100 Most Influential Companies and featured on Forbes Cloud 100 ranking in 2024 [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/coreweave); expanding data center footprint across the United States and Europe with offices in Livingston, Bellevue, New York, London, Sunnyvale, and Philadelphia [coreweave.com](https://www.coreweave.com/) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/coreweave)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Purpose-built for AI**: Deep expertise in GPU orchestration and a cloud platform architected specifically for AI workloads, offering higher performance and efficiency than general-purpose clouds.
- **Scalable infrastructure**: Large-scale, highly efficient data center operations with advanced automation and world-class security protocols [coreweave.com/coreweave-company-culture](https://coreweave.com/coreweave-company-culture).
- **Speed and agility**: Ability to rapidly deploy and scale GPU clusters, enabling customers to accelerate their AI development cycles.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global expansion**: Continue growing data center capacity and presence across the US and Europe to meet surging demand for AI compute.
- **Platform enhancement**: Invest in software stack, automation, and customer experience to maintain leadership as the AI Hyperscaler™.
- **Talent attraction**: Build a world-class engineering and operations team to support hypergrowth and innovation.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & values**: CoreWeave promotes a culture of empowerment, curiosity, ownership, collaboration, and customer obsession. The company values continuous learning, transparency, and mutual trust [coreweave.com/about-us](https://www.coreweave.com/about-us).
- **Work model**: Hybrid workspace with flexible on-site expectations; office locations in Livingston, Bellevue, New York, London, Sunnyvale, and Philadelphia [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/coreweave).
- **Benefits**:
  - 401(k) with generous match (up to 4%)
  - Flexible PTO
  - Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with 15% discount
  - Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
  - Mental wellness support (Spring Health, Calm app)
  - Family benefits: Kinside childcare concierge, Carrot fertility and family support, generous parental leave
  - Life and disability insurance
  - Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, commuter)
  - Free daily meals [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/coreweave)
- **Engineering culture**: Engineers are given ownership of their work, collaborate with top talent, and directly contribute to building the next-generation AI hyperscaler stack. The company emphasizes execution, bold ideas, and staying at the forefront of technology [coreweave.com/coreweave-company-culture](https://coreweave.com/coreweave-company-culture).
- **Growth & learning**: Provides continuing education stipend, online course subscriptions, and job training programs [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/coreweave).

## Sources
1. [coreweave.com](https://www.coreweave.com/)
2. [coreweave.com/about-us](https://www.coreweave.com/about-us)
3. [coreweave.com/coreweave-company-culture](https://coreweave.com/coreweave-company-culture)
4. [builtin.com/company/coreweave](https://builtin.com/company/coreweave)

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