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This is a hands-on leadership role that blends architectural vision with pragmatic delivery to advance CoreWeave's secure cloud platform for AI workloads.Compensation / Benefitsmedical, dental, vision insurance – 100% paidlife insurancedisability insurance401(k) with generous matchflexible PTOequity awards and ESPPResponsibilitiesDefine and govern architecture for distributed security systems across multi-region deploymentDesign fault-tolerant, low-latency authorization and authentication platforms, including STS and API GatewayLead architecture reviews, capacity planning, load testing, and production readiness assessmentsDrive security, correctness, and performance tradeoffs with clear documentation and stakeholder alignmentMentor senior engineers, elevate engineering standards, and foster technical leadershipPartner across engineering, security, and product teams to deliver cohesive platform capabilitiesEstablish SLOs, observability, incident response, and post-incident learning for critical servicesEnsure data residency, tenant isolation, and trust boundary design in all security componentsProvide technical direction for token issuance/validation, key rotation, revocation, and secure service-to-service accessSet and uphold technical standards for API design, threat modeling, cryptography, secrets handling, and governanceKey requirements12+ years in production software with distributed systems and platform infrastructureExperience as principal/staff-plus or equivalent technical leader across multiple teamsDeep expertise in distributed-systems: scalability, availability, latency, consistency, concurrency, replication, failure recoveryExperience designing and operating security-sensitive or reliability-critical services in productionStrong software engineering with Go, Java, Rust, C++, Python, or equivalentAbility to translate ambiguous requirements into architecture and execution plansProven track record balancing security, correctness, performance, and operational simplicityStrong written and verbal communication; ability to influence across boundariesHistory of improving engineering standards and mentoring senior engineersstrong communicationmentorshipability to influence without direct authoritydistributed-systems design (scalability, availability, latency)security architecture (authorization, authentication, policy enforcement)Security Token Service (STS) and API Authentication Gateway","company":"CoreWeave","rawCompany":"coreweave","city":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-26T13:11:40.151Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.05","title":"Information Security Engineers","slug":"information-security-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Principal Engineer, Distributed Systems","description":"OverviewAs Principal Engineer in Security Products, you will provide technical leadership for high-scale security infrastructure. 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