CoreWeave

CoreWeave

Senior Software Engineer - GPU Kernel Authoring & Optimization

Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$182k-$242kDetected 5 days ago
PythonC++SpringKubernetesMachine LearningPyTorchLLMsCommunicationCollaborationMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • CoreWeave is the top-rated AI-cloud for high-performance GPU infrastructure across AI/ML, visual effects, rendering, and real-time inference.
  • Our stack is engineered for speed, scale, and cost-efficiency-an unmatched alternative to traditional hyperscalers.
  • At CoreWeave, infrastructure is the product.

Responsibilities

  • Implement and maintain benchmarking workflows for end-to-end MLPerf Inference (and Training) runs, including workload setup, cluster configuration, runbooks, and result validation.
  • Lead design reviews and drive architecture within the team; decompose multi-service work into clear milestones.
  • Mentor junior engineers; review cross-team designs and elevate coding/testing standards.
  • You'll partner with product, orchestration, and hardware teams to turn kernel-level wins into end-to-end gains and meet strict P99 SLAs at scale.
  • Benchmark rigorously: build reproducible microbenchmarks and roofline analyses, and validate that kernel-level wins translate to end-to-end latency/throughput gains across model-serving stacks (vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, llm-d, SGLang).
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Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience building high-performance computing, GPU/accelerator software, or performance-critical systems.
  • Hands-on CUDA experience is required-you have written and optimized custom kernels and are fluent with the CUDA programming and memory model.
  • Familiarity with model-serving stacks (vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, llm-d, SGLang) and the kernels that dominate their inference cost.
  • Experience with alternative accelerators such as Google TPUs and Meta's MTIA.
  • Familiarity with kernel-authoring DSLs and nano-compilers such as KNYFE and its Block DSL.
  • Experience with Kubernetes at production scale.

Skills

  • CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™.

Compensation

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

Benefits

  • In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs.
  • The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings
  • 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
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process.
  • The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process.

Company info

  • Learn more at www.coreweave.com.
  • CRWV) in March 2025.

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