Senior Software Engineer, Security

Company: CoreWeave
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

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 . What You’ll Do: As a Senior Software Engineer in the Security organization at CoreWeave, you will design, build and deploy services, platforms and tools that help provide common foundational capabilities that various security programs and initiatives rely on to keep CoreWeave secure. Automation to eliminate manual steps involved in understanding security risks, remediating and preventing them would be the charter. The work sits at the intersection of engineering systems and regulatory requirements, translating requirements into scalable, reliable, production grade infrastructure. Often this means building production infrastructure from scratch in many cases, and would need end to end ownership of systems including design, development, testing and deployment including implementing effective integration pipelines (CI/CD) and offering a reliable production system that should be highly available and function at scale. You will partner closely with various security teams including GRC, platform engineering, and security domain teams to translate business needs into durable technical needs, while retaining full engineering ownership of how those systems are designed, built, and operated. In this role, you will: Design and build scalable systems. Develop control integrations and data pipelines to normalize security telemetry across IAM, logs, scanners, and CCM/GRC tools. Build metrics engines, dashboards, and insights pipelines that provide real-time visibility into compliance health and emerging risks. On this team, you will: You’ll tackle security & compliance puzzles at cutting-edge scale and complexity You’ll collaborate with brilliant engineers who are redefining compliance adherence for cloud infrastructure. You'll have the freedom and responsibility to innovate, experiment, and influence how we establish assurance pipelines. Investing in our people is one of our top priorities, and we value candidates who can bring their diversified experiences to our teams. Here are some qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. We'd love to talk about whether this aligns with your experience and interests and what you’re excited to work on next. Who You Are: Minimum Qualifications A Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field or equivalent job experience. At least 7 years of hands-on experience in programing languages like Go At least 3 years of hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters in a production environment Experience building high qps and critical distributed systems. Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling. Proven experience building and deploying containerized applications Strong experience with technical architectures involving data flows, event driven architecture, access controls, retention, and third-party integrations. Strong hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP). Preferred: Information Security Engineering experience. Expertise in major compliance and security frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, CSF). Background in building automation for distributed cloud environments at scale Experience with remote-access solutions like Teleport (real bonus points if you’ve submitted PRs on their product) Understanding of the SSO protocols, specifically OIDC and SAML Hands-on experience with PKI and mTLS If you're eager to elevate compliance into a creative, strategic force within a fast-paced, forward-thinking company, we'd love to hear from you! The base salary range for this role is $165,000 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, including: 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 Our Workplace While we prioritize a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration. California Consumer Privacy Act - California applicants only 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.

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