

Principal Engineer - Managed Databases
CoreWeave
CoreWeave is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the architecture and development of Managed databases tailored for AI workloads. The role involves shaping the technical roadmap, designing advanced database solutions, and mentoring engineering teams to ensure high performance and reliability in data management for AI applications.
Qualification
- Extensive experience in database architecture and management, particularly for AI/ML workloads.
- Strong understanding of high-scale, low-latency database solutions.
- Proven track record in leading technical roadmaps and strategies.
- Experience with operational responsibilities and system reliability improvements.
- Ability to mentor and guide engineering teams effectively.
Responsibility
- Define and drive CoreWeave’s Managed databases technical roadmap and strategy.
- Design and implement advanced database solutions applicable to AI workloads, ensuring fault tolerance, high-scale, and low-latency.
- Build solutions that offer programmatic access to creating, scaling, and modifying databases.
- Champion initiatives to improve reliability, durability, and self-healing capabilities of systems, and assume operational responsibilities.
- Develop operational review practices to assess performance against targets and iterating on those targets.
- Mentor and guide engineering teams on best practices in product engineering, fostering a customer-focused approach to systems design and technical excellence.




