Specialist Field Engineer - Kubernetes

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:

The Customer Experience (CX) Organization at CoreWeave is dedicated to ensuring every client running AI workloads at scale has a seamless, reliable, and high-performance experience. This team supports the infrastructure that powers the AI revolution—working across data centers, hardware systems, and customer workloads to maintain the integrity of our cloud platform. The CX organization aligns closely with the internal and customer engineering teams, offering valuable insights from the field and having the chance to contribute to the CoreWeave product roadmap and development. 

About the role:

As a Specialist Field Engineer at CoreWeave, you will play a vital and dynamic role. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate thought leadership and engage hands-on throughout our customers' entire lifecycle. From establishing their Kubernetes environment to developing proofs of concept, onboarding, and optimizing workloads, you will lead innovation at every turn. If you're driven by innovation, thrilled by the possibilities of what specialized compute can enable, and eager to be part of a team that's shaping the future, then CoreWeave is the place for you. Join us and let's embark on this adventure together!

In this role, you will:

Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers, establishing strong technical relationships and ensuring their success with CoreWeave's cloud infrastructure offerings, focusing on Kubernetes solutions within high-performance compute (HPC) environments

Collaborate closely with customers to understand their unique business needs and create, prototype, and deploy tailored solutions that align with their requirements.

Lead proof of concept initiatives to showcase the value and viability of CoreWeave's solutions within specific environments.

Drive technical leadership and direction during customer meetings, presentations, and workshops, addressing any technical queries or concerns that arise.

Act as a virtual member of CoreWeave's Kubernetes product and engineering teams, identifying opportunities for product enhancement and collaborating with engineers to implement your suggestions.

Offer valuable insights on product features, functionality, and performance, contributing regularly to discussions about product strategy and architecture.

Conduct periodic technical reviews and assessments of customer workloads, pinpointing opportunities for workload optimization and suggesting suitable solutions.

Stay informed of the latest developments and trends in Kubernetes, cloud computing and infrastructure, sharing your thought leadership with customers and internal stakeholders.

Lead the prototyping and initiation of research and development efforts for emerging products and solutions, delivering prototypes and key insights for internal consumption.

Represent CoreWeave at conferences and industry events, with occasional travel as required.

Who You Are:

B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience

7+ years of proven experience as a Solutions Architect, Field Engineer, Engineer, Researcher, or Technical Account Manager in Cloud Infrastructure, focusing on building distributed systems or HPC/cloud services, with an expertise focused on scalable Kubernetes solutions

Fluency in cloud computing concepts, architecture, and technologies with hands-on experience in designing and implementing clo …