Senior Software Engineer II, Sandboxes & Virtualization

Job overview

The Senior Software Engineer II, Sandboxes & Virtualization role is listed as onsite in Bellevue, WA. The base salary range is $182,000–$242,000 per year. The role is part of CoreWeave’s Runtime & GPU Systems team, which builds and operates secure, high-performance environments for multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms. The engineer designs and evolves secure sandboxed runtime environments for Kubernetes workloads, with emphasis on isolation, performance, and security. The work integrates container runtimes, lightweight virtual machines, and virtualization technologies to support GPU-accelerated workloads and contributes to runtime architecture and standards across infrastructure teams.

What you'll do

• Design and implement secure execution environments for containerized and virtualized workloads
• build GPU-aware scheduling, isolation, and resource-management strategies
• optimize container, VM, and I/O performance
• profile, benchmark, and tune runtime, virtualization, and GPU stacks
• contribute to architectural decisions involving Linux internals, container runtimes, virtualization layers, and GPU drivers
• collaborate with security, platform, and infrastructure teams on runtime isolation and performance standards.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior software engineer ii

sandboxes

virtualization

kubernetes

gpu systems

linux

go

runtime isolation

bellevue wa

coreweave

$182k–$242k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance paid by the company
• life and disability insurance
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• tuition reimbursement
• employee stock purchase program
• mental wellness and family-forming support
• paid parental leave
• childcare support
• 401(k) match
• flexible PTO
• catered lunch at office and data center locations.

Why this role

Focuses on secure, GPU-aware sandboxing and virtualization for multi-tenant Kubernetes workloads. The posting lists a $182,000–$242,000 base salary range and a comprehensive benefits program.

About the employer

CoreWeave is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.