Senior Specialist Field Engineer - Security

About the role

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 . About the role CoreWeave's customers train and serve some of the most valuable models in the world, and they need to trust the platform underneath them. As a Senior Specialist Field Engineer for Security, you'll help those customers design for isolation, identity, and compliance on large GPU clusters, from the hardware up through Kubernetes. You'll work closely with the product, engineering, and security teams, and what you learn in the field will help shape what they build. In this role, you will: - Design security architectures for complex customers, including the threat model, the trust boundaries, and the risks that remain. - Trace isolation and identity problems across hardware, firmware, the Linux kernel, the network, and Kubernetes. - Find where the product falls short for real customers and help the engineering teams fill those gaps. - Lead customer technical overviews, security reviews, proofs of concept, and customer workshops, with occasional travel. Who You Are: - B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience. - 7+ years building or securing large-scale infrastructure, as a security, platform, or software engineer, or in a deeply technical security-focused field role. - Deep understanding of Kubernetes security: RBAC design and escalation paths, admission policy (OPA or Kyverno), network policy (Cilium or Calico), and pod security. - Solid working knowledge of identity: OIDC, SCIM, and workload identity federation, and how to trace an identity from the IdP to a running workload. - Hands-on experience with network isolation: VPCs, private interconnects, egress controls, and zero-trust designs. - Understanding of image and artifact supply chain security: signing, provenance, SBOMs, and FIPS-validated cryptography. - Able to lead incident response, including assessing the blast radius of a new vulnerability before a playbook exists. - Able to explain technical problems clearly to engineers and executives, building trust with customers. Preferred: - Experience threat modeling real systems and mapping controls to compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or FedRAMP. - Confidential computing and attestation: TEEs, NVIDIA Confidential Computing, and proving a trust chain from hardware to workload. - Linux kernel security primitives and runtime detection with tools like Falco or Tetragon. - Hardware and firmware security: DPUs, GPUs, secure boot, and supply chain integrity. - Contributions to security open source or published work on threat modeling, isolation, or cloud security. You'll fit here if... - You'd rather trace the trust chain yourself than take the diagram's word for it. - You're comfortable saying "I don't know yet," and then you go find out. - You like working on a hard problem alongside the customer and the engineering team, and you share the credit. Wondering if you're a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who bring their own experiences to our teams - even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. If some of this describes you, we'd love to talk. 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 provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take off, the growth opportunities within the organization 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 $182,000 - $242,000. 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. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include: - 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 California Applicants California Consumer Privacy Act Equal Opportunity & Accommodations 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: careers@coreweave.com . 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.