Senior Data Engineer
Join CoreWeave as a Senior Data Engineer to design and build foundational datasets for analytics and AI in a fast-growing public company.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
CoreWeave delivers a platform that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Data Engineer at CoreWeave, the individual will focus on designing and building foundational datasets that support analytics and AI initiatives across the organization. Key skills include expertise in data modeling, proficiency in programming languages like Python or Scala, and experience with modern lakehouse architectures. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with a strong background in data engineering and a passion for creating scalable data solutions. CoreWeave's dynamic environment emphasizes innovation and collaboration, making it a fitting place for those eager to contribute to a rapidly growing tech landscape.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coreweave's career page.
- Coreweave has 298 other open roles including Senior Special Projects Manager, Account Manager, Engaged - Austin, Engineering Manager, Storage.
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- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Data Engineering roles (median ~$180,656).
- Pays more than 70% of the 3228 salaried Python roles we track (median $160,000). See Python salary trends
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Coreweave lists $182,000–$242,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Data Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AutoMQ, ClickHouse, Delta, Flink, Iceberg, Kafka.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coreweave targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Data Engineer role at Coreweave.
From the original posting
What You’ll Do:
The Data Engineering Team builds and operates the foundational data infrastructure powering analytics, AI, and operational decision-making across CoreWeave. We design resilient data pipelines, scalable lakehouse systems, and high-quality datasets that enable teams across Finance, HR, Operations, and Engineering to move faster and make smarter decisions. Our mission is to make CoreWeave's data reliable, accessible, and actionable at scale.
About the role:
We're seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and build the foundational datasets that power analytics, business intelligence, and AI across CoreWeave. You will own the development of dimensional data models, enterprise metrics, and curated data products that enable analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to answer complex questions with confidence. Day-to-day, you'll partner closely with business domains and analytics teams to translate operational processes into scalable data models while ensuring performance, quality, and consistency across the data ecosystem. This role combines deep data modeling expertise with strong software engineering skills across our modern lakehouse platform.
Who You Are:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience designing and building analytical data models in enterprise data warehouse or lakehouse environments.
- Expertise in at least one programming language such as Python, Scala, or Rust, with experience building production-grade data systems.
- Advanced SQL skills with demonstrated experience developing, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex analytical workloads.
- Hands-on experience building and operating distributed data processing systems using Spark, Flink, or similar technologies.
- Experience working with modern lakehouse architectures and analytical technologies such as Iceberg, Delta, StarRocks, Clickhouse, or Trino.
- Deep expertise applying dimensional modeling techniques to scaled OLAP workloads.
- Strong experience building curated datasets, semantic models, and enterprise metrics that support business intelligence, advanced analytics, and AI use cases.
Preferred:
- Experience operating event-driven architectures using Kafka, AutoMQ, Pulsar, or similar streaming platforms
- Experience operating data-intensive workloads on Kubernetes
- Experience in high-growth technology or infrastructure-focused organizations
Wondering if you’re 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 aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.
- You love building data products with the same rigor applied to production software
- You're curious about emerging technologies in streaming, lakehouse, and AI-powered analytics
- You're an expert at designing scalable systems for processing and serving data
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 to $242,000. 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.