Engineering Manager – Launch & Sandboxes

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead the engineering team for Launch & Sandboxes within CoreWeave’s IaaS division.

• Oversee Sandboxes, which are cloud execution environments designed for running code in isolated, GPU-enabled containers.

• Manage Launch services and integrations that facilitate job submission, compute orchestration, and HPC schedulers.

• Link developer workflows to compute resources across Kubernetes clusters, HPC nodes, and cloud virtual machines.

• Engage in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and roadmap development to delivery and customer availability.

• Collaborate with product management to prioritize competing initiatives effectively.

• Remove obstacles for engineers regarding cross-team dependencies.

• Ensure dependable shipping while addressing technical debt.

• Take part in architectural discussions related to container orchestration, distributed authentication, and billing infrastructure.

• Provide hands-on support to the team when necessary, including reviewing PRs and facilitating architectural decisions.

• Mentor engineers to become autonomous leaders and technical decision-makers.

• Advocate for LLM-based coding tools and agentic workflows.

• Remain engaged with ML practitioner usage and integrate customer feedback into team priorities.

• Own team outcomes comprehensively, from roadmap commitments to production reliability.

• Make prioritization choices, uphold engineering quality, and cultivate an autonomous, proactive team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of engineering management experience, demonstrating a history of delivering infrastructure or platform products.

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience before transitioning to management, with a strong focus on backend systems.

• Technical proficiency in Go, Python, and Kubernetes.

• Experience leading teams responsible for distributed systems in a production setting.

• Proven ability to balance product delivery with technical health, including considerations of technical debt, reliability, and on-call duties.

• Experience collaborating with product managers to shape and prioritize a roadmap.

• History of developing engineers at various levels.

• Excellent communication skills with both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.

• Comfortable working in uncertain environments.

• Applicants must meet U.S. export-control eligibility criteria: be a U.S. person, eligible without export authorization, or likely to obtain such authorization.

• Preferred: background in ML infrastructure, ML platforms, or developer tools aimed at data scientists.

• Preferred: knowledge of compute orchestration, job scheduling, or container isolation technologies.

• Preferred: experience in managing teams through a transition in a product area.

• Preferred: experience in HPC or scientific computing environments.

• Preferred: familiarity with billing systems, metering, or usage-based pricing infrastructure.

• Preferred: experience founding or working in early-stage environments to bring a product from concept to users.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary bonus.

• Equity opportunities.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance fully covered by CoreWeave.

• Company-funded life insurance.

• Optional supplemental life insurance.

• Short and long-term disability insurance.

• Flexible Spending Account.

• Health Savings Account.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Opportunity to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).

• Mental wellness benefits provided through Spring Health.

• Family-forming support available via Carrot.

• Paid parental leave.

• Flexible, full-service childcare support through Kinside.

• 401(k) plan with a generous employer match.

• Flexible paid time off (PTO).

• Daily catered lunch at our office and data center locations.

• A relaxed work environment.

• A work culture centered on innovative disruption.