Senior Software Engineer, Sandboxes & Virtualization
CoreWeave · Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA / San Francisco, CA
Posted about 2 months ago · $139,000 to $242,000 · Previously reposted
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 66 days CoreWeave's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- Yes taken down and listed again at least once
- Salary listed
- Yes 94% of CoreWeave's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at CoreWeave
- high 246 stale, 8 reposted of 293 open
- Hiring momentum
- 403 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from CoreWeave's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for CoreWeave.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer focusing on Sandboxes & Virtualization at CoreWeave, you will design and build secure, high-performance environments for Kubernetes workloads, emphasizing runtime isolation and security. Your daily tasks will include developing GPU-aware scheduling strategies, optimizing performance for GPU-accelerated workloads, and collaborating with various teams to implement robust execution environments. You will also contribute to architectural decisions involving Linux internals and virtualization technologies.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of CoreWeave as an employer.
What you need
- 3+ years of experience in systems, platform, infrastructure, or production engineering at scale
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native architectures
- Experience designing, implementing, or operating secure execution environments
- Practical experience with lightweight virtualization and sandboxing technologies
- Experience supporting GPU-accelerated workloads in multi-tenant environments
- Proficient in systems-oriented programming (Go) with strong Linux internals knowledge
Nice to have
- Experience building systems for safely executing untrusted or sensitive workloads
- Familiarity with GPU drivers and low-level virtualization or I/O optimization techniques
- Experience defining threat models and implementing runtime security policies
What you get
- 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
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of team size or structure
- Role involves high-performance systems under extreme scale and demand, which may imply a fast-paced and potentially chaotic work environment
- The position requires access to export controlled information, limiting eligibility to U.S. persons
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Listed by CoreWeave on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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