Staff Technical Program Manager - Cluster Orchestration & Applied Training at Coreweave

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: CoreWeave is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional programs across Cluster Orchestration and Applied Training within our AI/ML Platform Services organization. Cluster Orchestration is the platform layer that makes sure large AI workloads are scheduled, launched, and managed reliably across CoreWeave’s clusters. Applied Training is the layer on top of that infrastructure that helps researchers and customers use it for pre-training, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, evaluations, and sandboxed experimentation. About the role: In this role, you will partner with engineering, product, infrastructure, and research-adjacent teams to improve both how workloads run on the cluster and how users interact with the training platform built on top of it. That includes driving programs across orchestration systems such as Slurm-on-Kubernetes (SUNK), Kueue, and workflow integrations, while also helping scale the environments, tooling, and operational mechanisms that make training and evaluation workflows easier to use. This is a highly cross-functional role for a TPM who combines strong technical depth, excellent execution instincts, and the ability to bring structure and clarity to fast-moving infrastructure and AI platform initiatives. Responsibilities: • Drive end-to-end program execution for cluster orchestration initiatives spanning workload scheduling, self-service provisioning, upgrade and migration flows, and platform integrations. • Lead cross-functional programs that improve how AI training, evaluation, RL, and mixed workloads run across CoreWeave clusters. • Partner with engineering and product leaders to define roadmap priorities and deliver measurable improvements in utilization, reliability, scalability, observability, and user experience. • Drive delivery for applied training initiatives across pre-training, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, sandbox environments, and evaluation systems. • Coordinate dependencies across platform engineering, infrastructure, product, customer-facing teams, and ecosystem partners to ensure successful launches and clear operational ownership. • Build program mechanisms for release readiness, rollout planning, risk management, stakeholder communication, and post-launch review. • Establish success metrics, dashboards, and operating cadences to improve cluster efficiency, workload startup performance, time-to-research, and adoption of new platform capabilities. • Create clarity across ambiguous technical programs by aligning stakeholders, surfacing tradeoffs early, and driving decisions to resolution. Who You Are: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. • 8+ years of technical program management experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or AI/ML platforms. • Experience leading large-scale cross-functional programs involving scheduling systems, cluster infrastructure, or ML platform capabilities. • Strong technical fluency in Kubernetes, Slurm or comparable schedulers, distributed systems, and AI training workflows. • Demonstrated ability to define program metrics and deliver measurable outcomes in performance, reliability, scale, or operational maturity. • Excellent communication skills, with experience influencing engineering, product, and executive stakeholders. Preferred: • Experience with orchestration and scheduling technologies such as Kubernetes, Slurm, Kueue, Ray, or similar systems. • Familiarity with modern AI training and evaluation workflows, including pre-training, supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, and experiment or sandbox environments. • Understanding of GPU infrastructure, cluster capacity planning, multi-tenant execution, and distributed training tradeoffs. • Experience building launch processes, release governance, dependency management, and operational review mechanisms in fast-scaling environments. • Familiarity with AI developer and research tooling such as W&B, SkyPilot, or adjacent ecosystem platforms. 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. Why CoreWeave? At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values: • Be Curious at Your Core • Act Like an Owner • Empower Employees • Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences • Achieve More Together We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the organization's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us! The base salary range for this role is $161,000 to $237,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility). What We Offer The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including: • 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 • Tuition Reimbursement • Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) • Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health • Family-Forming support provided by Carrot • Paid Parental Leave • Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside • 401(k) with a generous employer match • Flexible PTO • Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations • A casual work environment • A work culture focused on innovative disruption Our Workplace While we prioritize a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration. California Consumer Privacy Act - California applicants only CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: [Upgrade to PRO to see contact]. Export Control Compliance This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.