Staff Software Engineer, Inference

• Define and drive multi-service, cross-team architecture for CoreWeave’s inference platform.
• Lead complex design initiatives spanning request routing, adaptive scheduling, GPU resource management, and cost-per-token optimization.
• Set technical direction for low-latency, high-throughput inference systems operating under strict P99 SLAs.

• Lead development of advanced inference optimizations, including:
• micro-batching and dynamic scheduling
• speculative decoding
• KV-cache reuse and memory optimization
• Drive measurable improvements in P95/P99 latency, throughput, and GPU utilization across the platform.
• Establish performance benchmarking frameworks and guide teams in data-driven optimization strategies.

• Own system-wide SLIs/SLOs and ensure reliability improvements across releases.
• Lead efforts in capacity planning, autoscaling strategies, traffic management, and failure mitigation.
• Drive post-incident analysis and ensure systemic improvements across teams.

• Partner with Product, Orchestration, Networking, Storage, and Hardware teams to deliver a cohesive inference platform.
• Influence technical decisions across org boundaries and ensure alignment on architecture, performance, and scalability goals.
• Serve as a go-to technical expert for inference systems and distributed AI workloads.

• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers; elevate design, coding, and operational standards across teams.
• Lead cross-team design reviews and ensure high-quality system thinking at scale.
• Raise the bar for engineering rigor, testing, and observability practices.

• ~8–12+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems or cloud platforms
• Proven track record of leading cross-team technical initiatives at scale
• Strong coding skills in Go, Python, or C++
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes at production scale, including orchestration, scheduling, and service design
• Strong understanding of networked systems, performance optimization, and system design
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field 

• Hands-on experience with inference systems, including:
• batching and micro-batching strategies
• caching and memory optimization
• mixed precision (BF16/FP8)
• streaming token delivery
• Demonstrated ability to improve tail latency (P95/P99) and system reliability through metrics-driven engineering

• Contributions to inference frameworks such as vLLM, Triton, TensorRT-LLM, Ray Serve, TorchServe
• Experience with GPU systems and performance optimization (CUDA, NCCL, RDMA, NUMA, GPU interconnects)
• Experience leading multi-team or org-level initiatives
• Exposure to large-scale AI/ML infrastructure or hyperscale cloud environments

The base salary range for this role is 369,000 to 542,300 PLN. 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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