Director, Data Center Engineering

Role description

Role Overview

The Director of Data Center Engineering will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineering subject matter experts to develop, maintain, and govern CoreWeave's Basis of Design, reference designs, engineering standards, and long-term design roadmap for future data centers.

What You Will Do

The Director will be responsible for establishing the technical vision and engineering strategy for CoreWeave's global data center portfolio, ensuring infrastructure solutions align with business objectives, customer requirements, deployment timelines, and the evolving needs of high-density AI compute.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of experience in data center engineering, infrastructure design, construction, commissioning, or operations, including at least 8 years in an engineering leadership or people-management role.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in data center engineering, infrastructure design, construction, commissioning, or operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading, developing, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams of technical engineers and subject matter experts.
• Recognized technical expertise in planning and engineering large-scale, high-density data centers.
• Proven experience developing, maintaining, and governing Basis of Design documents, reference designs, technical standards, engineering specifications, and long-term infrastructure design roadmaps.
• Strong knowledge of critical data center infrastructure, including utility services, medium- and low-voltage power distribution, substations, UPS systems, generators, cooling plants, liquid-cooling systems, water systems, BMS and controls, fire protection, and life-safety systems.
• Proven ability to evaluate complex engineering challenges, reconcile competing technical requirements, and make clear, risk-informed decisions that balance reliability, scalability, efficiency, constructability, maintainability, cost, and speed to market.
• Experience providing technical oversight across multiple concurrent projects, locations, delivery models, and stages of development.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical reviews of engineering calculations, studies, drawings, specifications, equipment selections, sequences of operation, commissioning plans, and proposed deviations from established standards.
• Experience working with data center providers, developers, utility companies, A/E consultants, contractors, commissioning agents, equipment manufacturers, and technology partners.
• Strong understanding of applicable building codes, engineering standards, regulatory requirements, safety requirements, and industry best practices for mission-critical facilities.
• Excellent people-leadership skills, including the ability to establish technical accountability, manage performance, develop engineering talent, encourage knowledge sharing, and build a collaborative, high-performing team of subject matter experts.
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills, with the ability to translate complex engineering issues into clear business impacts, alternatives, risks, and recommendations.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while balancing technical initiatives, project demands, competing priorities, and evolving infrastructure requirements.
• Strong analytical, strategic-thinking, organizational, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 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