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Senior Manager, Managed Databases

Lead the Data Service Team at CoreWeave, managing data infrastructures and driving innovative solutions for AI workloads.

Location
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Compensation
$207k–$275k/yr
Level
senior
Type
full time · Hybrid

Posted by employer 3 days ago

First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago

Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago

What you'll build

  • Build a world class engineering team
  • Design and implement services to deliver data
  • Improve the performance, security, reliability, and scalability of data services
  • Establish guidelines for data access and storage
  • Analyze telemetry and system data

Must have

  • 5+ years of experience managing or leading data service infra teams
  • 5+ years of hands-on software or infrastructure engineering
  • Understanding of database internals
  • Experience operating services in production and at scale
  • Excellent communication skills

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with Kubernetes
  • Excited about new research in database systems

Role intensity

10% coding — mostly leadership/strategy

Requirements

Experience
5+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.

Benefits

401k Match Education Budget Flexible PTO Equity/Stock Options Health Insurance Parental Leave

Joblaze summary

In the role of Senior Manager for Managed Databases at CoreWeave, the individual will oversee the Data Service Team, focusing on the management and optimization of data infrastructures, including databases and data flow systems. Key skills include expertise in various database technologies and cloud-native architectures, along with a strong background in engineering and team leadership. This position is suited for someone with significant experience in data services and a collaborative mindset, ready to tackle complex challenges in a high-performance environment.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze October 1, 2026. Last confirmed on Coreweave's careers page October 1, 2026.
  • Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$170,000).
  • Starts above 25% of 12 comparable senior management roles in United States that list Kubernetes we track (median $209,796 across 10 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
  • Kubernetes appears in 2.1% of 829 comparable senior management roles in United States; MongoDB appears in 0.1% of 829 comparable senior management roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Senior Manager, Managed Databases role remote?
It's hybrid — Coreweave expects some on-site time in Sunnyvale, CA, United States.
What's the salary range?
Coreweave lists $207,000–$275,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Manager, Managed Databases role.
Where is the role based?
Coreweave is hiring for this position in Sunnyvale, CA, United States.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Aurora, CockroachDB, CosmosDB, DB2, Kubernetes, MongoDB.
What seniority level is this role?
Coreweave targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Senior Manager, Managed Databases role at Coreweave.

From the original posting

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 the role:

The Data Service Team serves as the experts on managing data infrastructures as services for CoreWeave. The data infra includes but is not limited to managed databases, data ingestion, data flow, and data lake and analysis for CoreWeave and its customers. This team is responsible for the development of use cases, discovery of innovative solutions, automation and operations of our data service infrastructure.

We are seeking a senior engineer manager with specialization in database space who can help us fulfill the goal of our data strategy and establish communication models for our data flow. This leadership role will work with a team of mixed skill engineers and have the opportunity to work on the full gamut of rewarding challenges that come with the business of building a cloud in a communicative, supportive, and high-performing environment. As a manager of the Data Service Team you will have the opportunity to:

  • Build a world class engineering team by hiring and developing the best talent in the industry.
  • Have curiosity and hunger to solve very hard system level problems in order to run the world's most demanding and advanced AI workloads.
  • Design and implement services to deliver data to teams with a focus on providing managed solutions through APIs
  • Improve the performance, security, reliability, and scalability of our data services.
  • Establish guidelines, guard rails for data access and storage for stakeholder teams.
  • Ensure compliance with standards for data protection regulation.
  • Analyze telemetry and system data to drive improvements in throughput, latency, and resilience.
  • Work cross-functionally with platform, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver seamless storage capabilities across the stack.
  • Grow, change, invest in your teammates, be invested-in, share your ideas, listen to others, be curious, have fun, and, above all, be yourself.

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 some qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If a portion of this resonates with you, we’d love to talk.

  • 5+ years of experience managing or leading data service infra teams; 5+ years of hands-on software or infrastructure engineering.
  • Understanding one of the database internals: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Aurora, CockroachDB, TiDB, MongoDB, CosmosDB, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, SAP.
  • Hands-on background with cloud native and separating compute from storage architecture.
  • Expert on life of a query and life of a transaction.
  • You enjoy helping your colleagues achieve more with less effort.
  • You have experience operating services in production and at scale and are versed in reliability engineering concepts such as the different types of testing, progressive deployments, error budgets, the role observability, and fault-tolerant design.
  • You understand CAP theorem and concurrency models, can clearly define data models and establish guidelines around data management.
  • You’re excited about new research in database systems.
  • You’re familiar with Kubernetes and have interest or comfortable with using it for event-driven and/or stateful orchestration.
  • You can transform problems in elastic solutions, decompose them into achievable tasks, and socialize both to your teammates.
  • You’re excited about being part of a team of diverse perspectives and backgrounds that believe in tackling challenges, growing hand in hand, and winning together.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and leadership teams.
  • Proven ability to attract, retain, and grow world-class engineering talent.

The base salary range for this role is $207,000 to $275,000. 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).

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