What You’ll Do:

The Senior AI Innovation Engineer role sits on the Catalyst team and reports directly to the VP of People.  You will serve as the founding engineer responsible for designing, prototyping, and building agentic AI systems that power experiments and pilots across HR and talent acquisition. You will translate ambiguous ideas into practical technical solutions, build intelligent tools that enhance productivity and decision making, and accelerate how CoreWeave scales its people operations. You will partner closely with a product manager and cross-functional HR, TA, data, legal, security, and engineering teams to build safe, reliable, and high-impact AI capabilities. This role is ideal for a senior engineer who thrives in a hypergrowth environment, navigates ambiguity with ease, and applies a product mindset to shape the future of AI for people teams.

In this role you will:

• Partner closely with the People AI product lead to define use cases, shape solutions, and run structured experimentation cycles.
• Translate product insights into technical approaches that balance speed, quality, and safety.
• Architect and build agentic AI systems and multistep workflows that support HR and TA use cases.
• Design and develop prototypes, experiments, and tools that demonstrate practical AI applications across the people organization.
• Integrate agents with internal data sources, knowledge stores, tools, and APIs to create reliable and cohesive workflows.
• Establish standards for agent evaluation, safety, guardrails, and monitoring to support responsible deployment.
• Evaluate and refine agent behavior through structured observation, testing, and iterative improvement.
• Partner with HR and TA teams to translate operational problems and opportunities into clear technical solutions.
• Build lightweight infrastructure for experimentation, including simple services, orchestration logic, and testing pathways.
• Stay current on emerging AI capabilities and recommend practical ways to apply new techniques.
• Create documentation, workflow maps, and technical guidance to enable successful pilots to transition into scaled solutions with engineering partners.
• Operate with high autonomy, create clarity in ambiguous environments, and drive initiatives from start to finish.

Who You Are:

• 7+ years of engineering experience in software, machine learning, applied AI, or related fields.
• Direct experience designing and implementing agentic systems and multistep AI workflows.
• Strong proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks, including tools for retrieval, embeddings, and vector storage.
• Experience working with agent frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI agents, or custom orchestrators.
• Skilled at working in a paired model with a product manager and contributing to shared discovery, prioritization, and rapid iteration.
• Ability to integrate agents with internal systems such as ATS, HRIS, databases, and third-party APIs.
• Experience creating guardrails, monitoring patterns, and safety evaluations for agent behavior.
• Proven ability to build end-to-end prototypes that move from concept to working pilot.
• Ability to work with incomplete or ambiguous workflows and shape them into structured, scalable systems.
• Strong product thinking with a focus on simplicity, clarity, and usability.
• Ability to work independently in high-growth environments with limited structure.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for nontechnical stakeholders.

Preferred:

• Experience designing AI copilots or internal automation tools for workforce productivity, manager enablement, or knowledge management use cases.
• Familiarity with workflow mapping, user research techniques, or product discovery in applied AI contexts.
• Experience in standing up lightweight infrastructure for prototyping, including APIs, dashboards, or orchestration layers.
• Experience in instrumenting agents with logging, metrics, and evaluation signals to support refinement and reliability.
• Knowledge of data privacy, governance, and responsible AI practices in enterprise environments.
• Experience in high-growth technology or infrastructure companies where speed and iteration matter.

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast!  We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values: 

• Be Curious at Your Core
• Act Like an Owner
• Empower Employees
• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the organization's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us! 

The base salary range for this role is $143,000 to $210,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).