Staff Software Engineer, IAM
CoreWeave · New York, NY, Sunnyvale, CA, Bellevue, WA
Posted about 3 months ago · $188,000 to $275,000
or apply directly on CoreWeave's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days CoreWeave's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 94% of CoreWeave's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at CoreWeave
- high 289 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
- 2026-10-23
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 Staff Software Engineer on the IAM team at CoreWeave, you will architect and enhance the identity and access management strategy for a high-performance cloud platform. Your role involves designing distributed systems for authentication and authorization, mentoring senior engineers, and ensuring operational excellence while aligning with product and engineering leadership on long-term technical goals.
- 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
- 8+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems in a production environment using one or more of Go, TypeScript, or React
- 5+ years of IAM domain expertise with a proven track record of developing identity products and mastery of standards including OIDC, OAuth2.0, SAML, and JWT
- Demonstrated experience leading large, cross-functional projects from inception to deployment
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes, microservices architecture at scale, and advanced CI/CD patterns
- Solid knowledge of security, compliance (SOC2, HIPAA, etc.), and governance needs of enterprise customers
- Superb ability to synthesize ambiguous requirements into clear technical designs and communicate trade-offs
Nice to have
- Experience leading the decomposition of monolithic architectures into high-performance microservices
- Familiarity with leveraging AI agents to accelerate the software development lifecycle
- Familiarity with AI/ML workloads, GPU-based infrastructure, and security challenges of MLOps at scale
- Experience with modern authorization frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA) or Cedar
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 the tech stack beyond Go, TypeScript, and React
- The role involves significant leadership responsibilities which may require extensive collaboration and communication skills
- The position is located in two cities, which may imply flexibility or relocation considerations
Summarised from CoreWeave's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by CoreWeave on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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