Engineering Manager, Hardware Compute

About the role

CoreWeave is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Engineering Manager to join our Hardware Compute organization in Warsaw, Poland. This role will report to the Director of Compute Architecture and will lead hiring and people management across multiple hardware-adjacent domains, including Hardware Engineering (METAL), Hardware Engineering Dev (METALDEV), and Hardware Engineering Networking (METALNET). This manager will be responsible first and foremost for building and staffing a multi-disciplinary team in Warsaw that supports CoreWeave's hardware cloud at scale. The team will span server hardware lifecycle management, hardware and firmware automation, and high-bandwidth GPU interconnect platforms such as NVLink and NVSwitch. This is a highly cross-functional leadership role with a strong emphasis on organizational growth and team development. You will be responsible for building and scaling the Warsaw engineering organization, including hiring, coaching, team development, execution management, and fostering a strong local engineering culture. Success in this role requires close collaboration with North American engineering leaders to ensure alignment across teams and delivery against organizational priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build and staff a high-performing Warsaw-based team across METAL, METALDEV, and METALNET.
• Create and execute a hiring plan that supports rapid growth across multiple technical domains and levels.
• Partner closely with recruiting to attract, evaluate, close, and retain strong technical talent.
• Onboard new hires effectively and create the structure, clarity, and support they need to ramp quickly.
• Manage day-to-day workloads, sprint planning, prioritization, and longer-term project execution across multiple technical domains.
• Partner closely with North American engineering leaders to align Warsaw-based teams with technical roadmaps and organizational priorities, driving execution through clear planning, prioritization, and delivery of key outcomes.
• Coach engineers and emerging leaders through regular feedback, one-on-ones, performance management, and career development conversations.
• Foster a strong engineering culture centered on ownership, collaboration, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Identify gaps in staffing, skill coverage, process, and team structure, and proactively drive improvements.
• Support engineers working on server hardware infrastructure, hardware and firmware management services, automation systems, and GPU interconnect platforms.
• Partner closely with teams across engineering, operations, support, supply chain, and data center functions to align priorities, resolve blockers, and deliver results across organizational boundaries.
• Communicate status, trade-offs, risks, and organizational needs clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
• About the Teams
• METAL
• Owns server hardware infrastructure and the systems used to provision, monitor, manage, and maintain hardware at scale across CoreWeave's fleet.
• METALDEV
• Develops and operates the software and automation platforms that manage CoreWeave's hardware cloud, including hardware lifecycle, observability, and operational tooling.
• METALNET
• Owns high-bandwidth GPU interconnect platforms, including NVLink and NVSwitch environments that power large-scale AI and HPC workloads.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in hardware, infrastructure, systems, networking, or platform engineering roles in data center, cloud, or high-performance computing environments.
• 2+ years of people management experience, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and developing engineers or team leads.
• Strong interest in building teams, staffing organizations, and developing engineers in a fast-moving environment.
• Proven experience growing or scaling teams, including partnering with recruiting and building hiring processes.
• Proven experience leading operational or engineering teams responsible for production infrastructure at scale.
• Strong technical depth in one or more of the following areas: server hardware, firmware and BMC technologies, Linux systems, hardware automation, GPU infrastructure, or HPC networking.
• Experience working cross-functionally across engineering, operations, support, supply chain, product, or vendor organizations to deliver complex programs.
• Strong project and execution management skills, includi

Benefits

Additional Information

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 . We're proud to be a Living Wage accredited Employer.

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