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Staff Network Engineer, Backbone

CoreWeave
CompanyCoreWeave
CategoryUncategorised
LocationLivingston
RemoteOn-site (inferred)
EmploymentNot stated
LevelNot stated
SalaryNot stated by the employer
Posted1 Jul 2026
Last verified30 Jul 2026
SourceEmployer career page (greenhouse)
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Description
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: The Backbone & Edge team is responsible for the engineering and operational excellence of CoreWeave's global backbone network. As a Staff Network Engineer, you will drive the design, deployment, automation, and reliability of our backbone infrastructure while partnering closely with Architecture, Data Center Engineering, and other networking teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and highly available connectivity. As a Staff Engineer, you'll lead complex technical initiatives, influence engineering standards, and help define the long-term evolution of one of the industry's fastest-growing AI cloud networks. You will play a key role in scaling our backbone infrastructure through automation, operational excellence, and mentorship while solving some of the most challenging networking problems at global scale. In this role, you will: Provide technical leadership for the design, deployment, operation, and continuous improvement of CoreWeave's global backbone and edge network Lead large-scale backbone expansion projects, including new PoP deployments, backbone upgrades, capacity expansions, and network modernization initiatives Drive the operational strategy for backbone engineering by improving network reliability, resiliency, scalability, and service availability Lead the investigation and resolution of complex routing, optical, and transport issues across multi-vendor production environments, serving as a technical escalation point during critical incidents Architect and develop automation solutions for network provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, validation, and operational workflows using Python, Ansible, APIs, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices Establish engineering standards, operational best practices, and change management processes that improve consistency and reduce operational risk Partner closely with Backbone Architecture to translate long-term network designs into scalable, operationally sound implementations Drive capacity planning, performance optimization, and reliability initiatives across the global backbone infrastructure Mentor and develop engineers through technical leadership, design reviews, incident reviews, and knowledge sharing Lead post-incident reviews and drive long-term corrective actions that improve operational maturity across the organization Collaborate across Infrastructure, Compute, Data Center, and Software Engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable networking solutions that support CoreWeave's AI platform Participate in an on-call rotation as a senior technical escalation resource for critical backbone incidents Who You Are: Proven experience (typically 10+ years) designing, operating, and evolving large-scale backbone, service provider, hyperscale cloud, or content provider networks Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives across complex production environments with measurable impact on network reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency Deep expertise operating large-scale backbone networks utilizing technologies and protocols such as SR-MPLS, IS-IS, BGP, Segment Routing, and EVPN Strong understanding of backbone network architecture, resiliency, capacity planning, traffic engineering, and operational best practices Extensive experience troubleshooting complex routing, optical transport, and distributed networking issues across multi-
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