Senior Director of Engineering, Cloud

Core Weave is The Essential Cloud for AI. Built for pioneers by pioneers Core Weave 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 Core Weave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017 Core Weave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025.

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Core Weave is looking for a Senior Director of Engineering who will help architect and build and scale our foundational Cloud Experience organization. In this engineering leadership role you will manage multiple teams and managers to define and evolve our public API platform and developer interfaces. These essential services will include our Console REST/gRPC APIs, Infrastructure-as-Code, CLI and SDKs; enabling customers to self‑serve provisioning and operations  are highly technical, very strategic, and a great collaborator who will help solve complex challenges that drive innovation, ensuring we raise the bar on reliability, security and scalability for Core Weave’s Cloud Experience.

• Build and scale high‑performing teams: hire and develop managers and senior engineers, set clear goals and accountability, mature on‑call with actionable runbooks and foster an inclusive, growth‑oriented culture.
• Drive our gRPC‑first strategy with generated REST to accelerate SDKs/Terraform and platform‑wide consistency while raising the bar on reliability, security and operational excellence.
• Shape strategy for agent workflows that orchestrate console actions, APIs and IaC into repeatable, policy‑compliant sequences that help customers and internal users automate common cloud tasks.

• Lead teams to develop a cohesive, reliable Core Weave Cloud API that becomes the foundation for all developer touchpoints (Console, SDKs, CLI, IaC) enabling customers to self‑serve provisioning and operations at scale.
• Work in partnership with design and product to deliver a best‑in‑class console user experience for both external customers and internal administrators.
• Lead an IaC‑first approach to enable day‑one Terraform support for new GA products, partnering with DX and Docs to deliver high‑quality providers, SDKs and developer documentation.

• Collaborate across Security, Observability and Infrastructure to ship scalable, secure public APIs and platform capabilities aligned to company objectives and product roadmaps.
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Who You Are
• 10 years of software engineering experience with 5 years leading managers and multi‑team organizations delivering customer‑facing platform surfaces at scale.
• Proven track record delivering reliable public APIs and backend services with measurable SLOs and leading cross‑functional initiatives spanning multiple product lines.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing infrastructure using Kubernetes, scalable architectures and automation.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to set organizational strategy, review RFCs and drive outcomes amid ambiguity and rapid growth.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to synthesize problem statements from interactions with customers.
Preferred
• Experience with Kubernetes control‑plane/API design patterns and CRD ergonomics; ability to bridge KRM and gRPC/REST interfaces where appropriate.
• Experience with API gateways, rate limiting, multi‑tenancy and edge security at scale.
• Familiarity with modern frontend stacks (e.g., React, Graph
  
  QL) used for building cloud consoles and admin tools and how they interact with API and IAM layers.
• Understanding of authentication, authorization and policy frameworks; proven ability to integrate IAM into API surfaces with consistent semantics.

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.

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