Systems Engineer (Automation)

CoreWeave is a specialized cloud provider, delivering a massive scale of GPU compute resources on top of the industry’s fastest and most flexible infrastructure. CoreWeave builds cloud solutions for compute intensive use cases — VFX and rendering, machine learning and AI, batch processing, and Pixel Streaming — that are up to 35 times faster and 80% less expensive than the large, generalized public clouds. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.

About the Role:

CoreWeave is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Systems Automation Engineer to join our Kernel HAVOCK Team, reporting to the Manager of Systems Engineering. In this role, you will play a crucial part in the design, development, and optimization of our bare-metal systems from POST through joining a Kubernetes cluster. The team’s primary responsibilities include maintaining a custom Linux kernel, various OS images (Ubuntu-based), the virtualization stack (kubevirt/qemu/vfio), and the container/pod runtime stack (containerd/nydus/kubelet). You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, upstack engineering teams, and stakeholders to successfully deliver highly performant and reliable software solutions.

Kernel Hardware - Acceleration - Virtualization - Operating Systems - Containerization - Kubelet

Our Team’s Stack:

• Linux Kernel (custom build)
• Intel/AMD CPUs, Nvidia GPUs, DPUs, Infiniband and Ethernet NICs
• ARM CPUs
• KubeVirt, QEMU, SR-IOV, vfio-pci
• Ubuntu
• Containerd, Kubelet

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain tooling to support both stateless and stateful systems
• Automate packaging of critical components (e.g. drivers, microcode, components with out-of-tree patches, etc)
• Build long-lived, well documented tooling for automating various tasks related to the full lifecycle of systems (e.g. hardware/software inventory management, hardware diagnostics, performance benchmarking, etc)
• Build and serve as point of contact for CI/CD pipelines for reproducible software builds, OS images, and kernel/OS-level testing 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define Linux and OS requirements, specifications, and system architecture

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience maintaining clusters of Linux servers
• Fluency with a programming language geared toward automation (Python preferred, but others possible)
• Experience adhering to structured release cycles
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub or GitLab)
• Experiencing with implementing automation testing
• Ability to effectively prioritize and communicate proposed features and fixes
• Strong passion for automation, with a commitment to automating processes comprehensively
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities