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Manager, Production Engineering

CoreWeave
Location
New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA
Posted
17 days ago
Department
Technology
Salary
$182,000 to $242,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 6+ years of experience in software, infrastructure, platform, SRE, or production engineering, including people leadership
  • Experience managing engineers responsible for production systems with meaningful reliability requirements
  • Experience with Kubernetes, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure
  • Experience improving operational practices such as on-call, SLOs, observability, incident response, or change management
  • Ability to turn ambiguous ownership or cross-team dependencies into clear plans and deliver outcomes
  • Experience hiring, coaching, managing performance, and communicating priorities and risks to technical teams and senior leaders
Nice to have
  • Experience building a new engineering team or platform function
  • Experience operating Kubernetes at scale or on bare metal
  • Familiarity with infrastructure automation, GitOps, and progressive delivery
  • Experience leading teams with both development and operational responsibilities
What the job really is

As a Manager of Production Engineering at CoreWeave, you will lead a new team focused on building and operating internal Kubernetes platforms and foundational infrastructure services. Your role involves shaping the team, setting priorities, and establishing operational practices while ensuring the reliability and scalability of infrastructure. You will collaborate with technical leaders to guide architecture and improve operational practices, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Benefits
  • 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
Things to weigh
  • No specific mention of the technology stack beyond Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure
  • Role involves significant leadership responsibilities which may not suit all candidates
  • The position is in a rapidly growing company, which may involve a degree of chaos and uncertainty
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