Software Engineer, Inference

About the 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.

About CoreWeave

CoreWeave is an AI cloud built for high-performance GPU workloads across AI/ML, VFX, rendering, and real-time inference. Our stack is engineered for speed, scale, and cost efficiency—providing a powerful alternative to traditional hyperscalers. Infrastructure is our product, and we operate it at a massive scale to power the most demanding workloads.

About the role

As a Junior Software Engineer (IC1/IC2) on the Inference team, you’ll own a single production service end-to-end shipping features, maintaining dashboards/alarms, and improving operational excellence. You’ll collaborate with peers across runtime, scheduling, and networking to move key SLIs.

What you’ll do

Own one model-serving service end-to-end: design, implementation, tests, deployment, and ops.

Add and tune observability (dashboards, alerts, traces); automate runbook steps to reduce toil.

Improve latency/throughput via micro-batching, concurrency tuning, and caching.

Participate in on-call; lead post-incident action items for your service.

Review peers’ PRs and contribute design feedback in team reviews.

What we’re looking for

0–3 years of software engineering experience (or equivalent) building cloud/distributed services in production.

Proficiency in Python or Go; familiarity with gRPC/HTTP APIs and containerized deployments.

Working knowledge of Kubernetes (or Slurm/Ray) and CI/CD pipelines.

Experience with metrics/alerting (Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry) and structured logging.

Basic understanding of GPU inference concepts (KV caching, mixed precision, streaming tokens).

Nice to have

Experience with inference frameworks (Triton, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, Ray Serve, TorchServe).

Hands-on performance profiling/benchmarking (e.g., wrk, vegeta, perf, Nsight).

Contributions to reliability practices: SLI/SLOs or postmortem improvements.

Why CoreWeave

Help shape an industry-defining inference platform that enables teams to deploy generative AI and real-time applications at scale. If optimizing tail latency and delivering reliable model serving excites you, this is the place to build.

Benefits (highlights)

100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision

401(k) with a generous match

Flexible PTO and a remote-friendly culture

Work with top talent in a culture of curiosity, ownership, and innovation

The base salary range for this role is $120,000.00 - $160,000.00. 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

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

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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 technology and/or source code subject to U.S. export control laws. Any such access will be provided only in compliance with applicable U.S. export control requirements. As part of the recruitment process, CoreWeave may request limited information reasonably necessary to assess applicable export-control requirements.