Senior AI Engineer
At a glance
Senior AI Engineering role at CoreWeave. Bellevue · $182,000–$242,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build features across the user experience, backend services and model connections, carrying them from idea to release
- Turn research on model evaluation and post-training into tools customers can use to assess and improve models
- Develop agent evaluation and ongoing improvement products as part of the team’s roadmap
- Work with researchers and customers to clarify problems, choose practical approaches and deliver usable products
What you bring
- At least four years in software engineering, including shipping applications used in production
- A computer science or related technical degree, or comparable hands-on experience
- You have built LLM applications or AI agents that use tools and run multi-step workflows
- You can design, test, debug and operate software, and make sound product choices when requirements are unclear
Who this fits
This senior engineering role suits someone who learns quickly, ships, and can turn research into practical product experiences. You’ll work closely with researchers and customers on a small team with substantial control over its roadmap. The position is in Bellevue and requires eligibility to access export-controlled information under one of the listed routes.
From the employer
Role Description
As an AI engineer on the CRAFT (Capabilities, Routing, Adaptation & Fine-Tuning) team, you will bring research into production and build products across our roadmap, including tools for agent evaluation and continuous improvement. You’ll own features from the user experience through backend services and model integrations.
You’ll turn research in post-training and model evaluation into products that help customers understand and improve their models. We’re looking for strong product instincts to translate research methods into intuitive workflows and delightful user experiences.
Beyond your role’s specific qualifications, we’re looking for strong engineers with great taste. The most important qualification by far is that you learn fast and can ship. You’ll work closely with researchers and customers to define problems, make practical tradeoffs, and deliver products in an evolving space.
Although we operate within a larger company, CRAFT is a small team with significant autonomy over our roadmap and priorities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4+ years of industry experience in software engineering, with experience building and shipping production applications.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, testing, debugging, and production operations.
- Strong product judgment and the ability to work through ambiguous requirements, prioritize effectively, and deliver usable solutions.
- Hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications or AI agents, including tool use and multi-step workflows.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing evaluations for AI systems, including defining success criteria, building test datasets, and analyzing failures.
- Familiarity with LLM post-training workflows, including supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, or distillation.
Wondering if you’re a good fit?
- You love defining long-term architecture for systems at global scale.
- You’re curious about orchestration beyond SUNK and how to evolve it for next-generation AI.
- You’re an expert at mentorship, architecture, and operational excellence across teams.
- You thrive on solving problems that balance cost, performance, and reliability in high-demand environments.
Why CoreWeave?
At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:
- Be Curious at Your Core
- Act Like an Owner
- Empower Employees
- Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
- Achieve More Together
We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take off, the growth opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!
The base salary range for this role is $182,000.00 - $242,000.00. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and 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
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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 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 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.