Senior Software Engineer, Sandboxes & Virtualization

CoreWeave — New Jersey, United States · Hybrid · Senior · $182k - $242k/yearly

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Role description

Role Overview

The Runtime & GPU Systems team builds and operates secure, high-performance environments for multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms at scale. As a GPU & Runtime Systems Engineer, you will design, build, and evolve secure sandboxed runtime environments for Kubernetes workloads, focusing on runtime isolation, performance, and security.

What You Will Do

Design and implement secure execution environments for containerized and virtualized workloads. Build GPU-aware scheduling, isolation, and resource management strategies for multi-tenant workloads. Optimize container, VM, and I/O performance across GPU-accelerated workloads.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The team cares deeply about how they build their product and how they work together, which is represented through their core values: Be Curious at Your Core, Act Like an Owner, Empower Employees, Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences, Achieve More Together.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in systems, platform, infrastructure, or production engineering at scale
  • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native architectures
  • Experience designing, implementing, or operating secure execution environments (container runtimes, sandboxed workloads, or virtualized systems)
  • Practical experience with lightweight virtualization and sandboxing technologies (e.g., Kata Containers, gVisor, KubeVirt, QEMU)
  • Experience supporting GPU-accelerated workloads in multi-tenant environments
  • Proficient in systems-oriented programming (Go, C/C++, Rust, Bash) with strong Linux internals knowledge
  • Skilled at diagnosing and resolving complex performance, reliability, or isolation issues across containers, VMs, and infrastructure

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 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

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