As the Production Engineer – Team Lead, you will be at the heart of CoreWeave’s cloud infrastructure stability and reliability. This senior generalist role is designed to provide strategic direction, operational continuity, and technical expertise across various facets of our platform. You will act as a bridge between engineering reliability and broader technical and organizational goals, ensuring a seamless connection between incident response, platform reliability, and team development. You will be responsible for guiding the team’s response to critical incidents, tracking performance against Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and driving improvements that enhance both operational readiness and reliability across the organization.
Your leadership will go beyond the immediate tactical resolution of incidents, ensuring that we continuously evolve our processes, communication, and training to support ongoing operational excellence. The Cloud Platform; Production Engineer Team Lead will reduce ambiguity, provide clarity, and keep reliability at the forefront of decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:Incident Management & Recovery:
- Act as the Incident Commander during incidents, providing decisive leadership to ensure timely and effective resolution while minimizing impact.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineering, operations, and customer-facing units, during incidents, ensuring clear communication at all stages.
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) efforts, working with engineering teams to implement long-term, sustainable solutions and prevent recurrence.
- Own and refine the post-incident review (PIR) process, ensuring actionable outcomes and continuous learning across the team.
- Oversee the creation and maintenance of incident response playbooks to ensure team readiness for diverse failure scenarios.
- Drive the escalation process, acting as the primary point of contact for high-priority incidents.
Operational Excellence & Reliability:
- Define and track Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and ensure alignment with business goals and team objectives.
- Champion the use of SLOs to guide incident prioritization, drive improvements, and communicate reliability outcomes.
- Identify and lead initiatives to improve system resilience, scalability, and disaster recovery capabilities across the platform.
- Develop and optimize KPIs, SLAs, and performance metrics for incident management and operational efficiency.
- Spearhead the implementation of automation strategies to reduce Mean Time to Detection (MTTD) and Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR), while increasing overall platform reliability.
- Mentor and guide the cloud operations team, ensuring consistent growth in technical skills, incident response expertise, and leadership capabilities.
Drive rapid incident resolution, able to drive collective technical deep-dives into unknown systems - connecting SMEs to find the unknown unknowns in their systems and how those systems fit into the broader ecosystem.
Team Development & Mentorship:
- Lead the development of the team by training and mentoring Production Engineer I/II in incident management best practices, tools, and systems.
- Foster a collaborative environment where knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and feedback are prioritized.
- Support the creation and evolution of team processes, ensuring scalability and the ability to respond effectively to both current and future needs.
- Encourage professional growth and up-leveling within the team, creating a strong foundation for the next generation of Cloud Platform SREs.
- 4+ years of experience in production engineering, cloud operations, site reliability engineering (SRE), or incident response roles.
- Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., Kubernetes-based infrastructure, AWS, GCP).
- Strong familiarity with incident management frameworks such as ITIL and SRE best practices.
- Proficiency with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and strong understanding of observability principles.
- Hands-on experience with automation, scripting, and configuration management tools (e.g., Python, Bash, Terraform).
- Demonstrated ability to make critical decisions under pressure, guiding teams through high-stakes incident resolution.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven experience mentoring and coaching technical teams, driving a culture of growth and continuous improvement.
- Previous experience in an Incident Commander role, managing high-priority incidents and major service restorations.
- Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization, and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with change management processes, post-incident analysis techniques, and runbook automation.
- Experience with developing and managing self-healing infrastructure.
Why CoreWeave?
At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:
- Be Curious at Your Core
- Act Like an Owner
- Empower Employees
- Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
- Achieve More Together
We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take off, the growth opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!
The base salary range for this role is $182,000 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. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:
- 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
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Equal Opportunity & Accommodations
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: [email protected].
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.
CoreWeave Sunnyvale, California, USA Office
CoreWeave Sunnyvale, CA Office
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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