Staff Software Engineer, IAM

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<div class="content-intro"><div> <div> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div> <div><span id="m_1770241969069985273m_-2746164444908759431gmail-docs-internal-guid-131e4fb0-7fff-b4e9-ff50-e8cf32449b1b">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 <a href="http://www.coreweave.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.coreweave.com&source=gmail&ust=1762613132717000&usg=AOvVaw3D-UOhNaqEvF5BEWxjYyAU">www.coreweave.com</a>.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><h3>What you’ll do</h3> <p>As a <strong>Staff Software Engineer</strong> on the Identity & Access Management (IAM) team, you will be a primary architect of CoreWeave’s IAM strategy as we rapidly expand the platform. You will leverage your deep expertise in identity systems to design, extend, and harden a platform that secures our high-performance cloud infrastructure. This is a high-impact leadership role where you will balance rapid execution with the long-term technical vision necessary to meet the demands of our global enterprise customers.</p> <h3>About the role</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Technical Strategy & Vision:</strong> Partner with Product and Engineering Leadership to translate complex requirements into a multi-year technical roadmap that balances immediate business needs with long-term architectural integrity</li> <li><strong>System Architecture:</strong> Lead the design and implementation of high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems for authentication and authorization across all CoreWeave services</li> <li><strong>Platform Evolution:</strong> Architect customer-facing experiences for identity lifecycle management, IdP integration (SAML/OIDC), and granular permissioning models</li> <li><strong>Engineering Excellence:</strong> Champion a security-first mindset across the organization, establishing rigorous standards for code quality, design reviews, and threat modeling</li> <li><strong>Operational Leadership:</strong> Elevate the team’s operational maturity by defining SLOs, enhancing deep-stack observability, and driving automation to eliminate systemic toil</li> <li><strong>Technical Mentorship:</strong> Act as a force multiplier by mentoring Senior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning and high-performance engineering</li> <li><strong>Cross-Functional Influence:</strong> Drive alignment on critical security initiatives across the broader engineering organization, articulating complex technical trade-offs to stakeholders</li> </ul> <h3>Who you are</h3> <ul> <li><strong>8+ Years of Experience</strong> building and operating large-scale distributed systems in a production environment using one or more of Go, TypeScript, or React</li> <li><strong>5+ Years of IAM Domain Expertise:</strong> Proven track record of developing identity products and a deep mastery of standards including <strong>OIDC, OAuth2.0, SAML, and JWT</strong></li> <li><strong>Technical Leadership:</strong> Demonstrated experience leading large, cross-functional projects from inception to planet-scale deployment with measurable business impact</li> <li><strong>Cloud-Native Mastery:</strong> Deep understanding of Kubernetes, microservices architecture at scale, and advanced CI/CD patterns</li> <li><strong>Enterprise Security Acumen:</strong> Solid knowledge of the security, compliance (SOC2, HIPAA, etc.), and governance needs of sophisticated enterprise customers</li> <li><strong>Strategic Communication:</strong> Superb ability to synthesize ambiguous requirements into clear technical designs and communicate trade-offs to both executive and technical audiences</li> <li><strong>Analytical Problem Solving:</strong> Expert-level ability to debug complex, intermittent issues within distributed environments</li> </ul> <h3>Preferred</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Architectural Transformation:</strong> Experience leading the decomposition of monolithic architectures into high-performance microservices</li> <li><strong>AI-Augmented Development:</strong> Familiarity with leveraging AI agents (e.g., Claude, Cursor) to accelerate the software development lifecycle</li> <li><strong>Emerging Tech Knowledge:</strong> Familiarity with AI/ML workloads, GPU-based infrastructure, and the unique security challenges of MLOps at scale</li> <li><strong>Policy-as-Code:</strong> Experience with modern authorization frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA) or Cedar</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Wondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to…