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Senior Counsel, Real Estate Development

CoreWeave · Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Washington D.C. / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Bellevue, WA / Sunnyvale, CA · $157k–$245k

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The posting, as CoreWeave wrote it

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 .

What You’ll Do

The Legal and Government Affairs team at CoreWeave is highly collaborative and partners closely with teams across the company to navigate complex legal landscapes while enabling innovation and growth. We are pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and deeply engaged in strategic decision-making, with a strong emphasis on building trusted relationships across the organization.

As Senior Counsel, Real Estate Development , you will serve as a key legal partner supporting the development and expansion of hyperscale digital infrastructure projects across the United States. If you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, enjoy solving complex problems, and are eager to make a significant impact, CoreWeave is the place for you.

About the Role

Reporting to the Director, Managing Associate General Counsel, Real Estate Development, you will support complex real estate development, construction, and infrastructure transactions across the company’s expanding global data center portfolio. You will partner closely with stakeholders across Development, Construction, Data Center Operations, Finance, Tax, and Procurement to advance large-scale infrastructure projects in a rapidly scaling environment.

Your day-to-day will include advising on commercial real estate transactions, real property due diligence, construction and infrastructure agreements, professional services agreements, permitting and entitlement matters, transaction execution, and construction risk management.

In this role, you will

  • Provide legal support across all phases of commercial real estate development and infrastructure projects, from site acquisition through construction and operational delivery.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial real estate agreements, including purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, and site control documentation.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate construction and infrastructure agreements, including design and engineering agreements, construction management agreements, and contractor agreements.
  • Advise on zoning, permitting, entitlement, land use, utility, and other regulatory matters impacting infrastructure development projects.
  • Support transaction execution, due diligence, and closing processes across complex real estate and infrastructure matters.
  • Advise on construction risk allocation, delays, claims management, indemnities, warranties, and dispute resolution matters.
  • Partner cross-fun

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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

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Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: careers@coreweave.com .

Export Control Compliance

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.