Principal Engineer, API Platform

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 .

What Youll Do :

CoreWeave is the AI Hyperscaler and the Cloud Experience organization owns the customer-facing interfaces to our platform : Console UI REST / gRPC APIs Infrastructure-as-Code CLI and SDKs. This team is responsible for delivering a unified secure scalable developer experience across products and services.

About the role :

CoreWeave is seeking a Principal Engineer for our API Platform working across the engineering organization to define and evolve our public API platform and developer actively standardizing on a gRPC-first foundational interface (with generated REST) to accelerate delivery of SDKs Terraform and platform-wide consistency; the role will be a primary driver of this transition and its long-term technical direction.

In this role you will :

• Deliver a cohesive reliable CoreWeave Cloud API that becomes the foundation for all developer touchpoints (Console SDKs CLI IaC) enabling customers to self-serve provisioning and operations at scale.
• Deliver an internal API Governance strategy to drive consistency and standardization of our public interfaces and to increase velocity of internal stakeholders.
• Drive our IaC-first strategy and enable day-one Terraform support for new GA products accelerating time-to-first-production for customers and reducing operational load.
• Establish and meet API reliability goals and partner with production engineering on SLIs / SLOs observability and incident response maturity.
• Shape identity and access management evolution toward unified fine-grained access policies across products ensuring consistent authorization patterns and developer experience.

Who You Are :

Preferred :

Wondering if youre 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 arent a 100% skill or experience match.

Why CoreWeave

At CoreWeave we work hard have fun and move fast! Were in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. Were not afraid of a little chaos and were constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together which is represented through our core values :

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 $206000 to $303000 . 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 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 weve 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 including :

Our Workplace

While we prioritize a hybrid work environment remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office based on role requirements for specialized skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration

California Consumer Privacy Act - California applicants only

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 : .

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.

Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Design,Academics,AutoCAD 3D,Cafe,Fabrication,Java

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1