Senior Counsel, Employment
CoreWeave · Livingston, NJ · $157k–$210k
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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. The team is pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and deeply engaged in strategic decision-making, with a strong emphasis on building trusted relationships across the organization.
As Senior Counsel, Employment , you will independently own a broad portfolio of U.S. employment matters, employment disputes, and strategic projects, with selective cross-border coordination where U.S. issues intersect with global programs. You will provide practical, business-minded advice, build scalable employment-law processes and documents, and exercise sound judgment about when to move independently and when to consult or escalate. 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 Senior Managing Associate General Counsel, Employment, you will advise on the full employment lifecycle for CoreWeave’s U.S. workforce and take meaningful ownership of U.S. employment disputes, compliance initiatives, and transactional matters. You will partner closely with People—including HRBPs, Employee Relations, People Operations, Benefits/Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, and Mobility—and collaborate with stakeholders across Legal, Payroll, Accounting, Tax, Corporate Development, and Insider Risk. You will also work closely with CoreWeave’s regional employment counsel on cross-border matters and global programs, while supporting selected broader company disputes and strategic projects as needs arise.
In this Role You Will
- Provide day-to-day and strategic advice on a broad range of U.S. employment matters, including recruiting and hiring, employment agreements, performance management, workplace investigations and employee relations, leaves and accommodations, terminations and separations, restructurings, compensation and benefits, wage and hour and worker classification, restrictive covenants, work authorization and mobility, and other employee-lifecycle issues.
- Manage employment disputes and pre-litigation matters and support selected broader company disputes from early case assessment through resolution, including fact development, exposure and strategy assessment, litigation holds and preserv
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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.