Senior Applied Researcher in London

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.

What You’ll Do: CoreWeave’s Monolith team is building the essential cloud platform for AI innovators, applying machine learning to solve intractable physics and engineering challenges. We operate at the intersection of advanced cloud infrastructure and applied data science, transforming how complex industrial products - such as automotive systems, aircraft, and advanced batteries - are conceived, tested, and developed.

About the role: As a Senior Applied Researcher, you will take end-to-end ownership of complex machine learning problems across the Physical AI space. This is a high-impact role for someone with a strong technical foundation and a generalist mindset who can move from problem framing and experimentation through deployment and ongoing support. You will work closely with engineering, product, and client-facing teams to turn advanced ML methods into production-ready solutions that can be trusted in real customer environments. The role blends research depth with practical delivery, and requires someone who can align stakeholders, surface risks and limitations, and communicate technical decisions clearly.

Who You Are:

• 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or applied AI, with evidence of delivering high-impact production ML systems.
• Strong software engineering skills in Python, with extensive experience using scientific computing and ML libraries such as NumPy, pandas, SciPy, scikit-learn, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
• Experience deploying and supporting ML systems in production, including cloud-based environments.
• Strong grounding in statistical modelling, machine learning experimentation, and evaluation.
• Experience working with time-series, high-dimensional, or imperfect real-world datasets.
• Strong technical curiosity and a habit of keeping up with current ML and AI research.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering, product, and customer-facing teams, and able to explain technical decisions clearly to different audiences.

Preferred:

• Background in engineering, physics, chemistry, or another STEM discipline connected to complex physical systems.
• Experience with anomaly detection, optimisation, reliability-focused modelling, or related approaches in industrial settings.
• Experience building or experimenting with agents or autonomous systems.
• Familiarity with MLOps, model monitoring, and efficient compute practices.
• Experience working with sparse, noisy, or imperfect real-world data from labs, heavy industry, or other applied environments.
• Track record of collaborating closely with deployed or client-facing teams to bring advanced methods into operational use.

Wondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.

• You love applying advanced ML to real-world, high-value physical engineering problems.
• You're curious about agentic and autonomous approaches and how they can reshape engineering workflows.
• You're an expert in taking ML solutions from research and modelling through production delivery, with a strong bias toward reusable, high-quality systems.

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 starting salary will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the 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).

What We Offer: In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:

• Family-level Medical Insurance
• Family-level Dental Insurance
• Generous Pension Contribution
• Life Assurance at 4x Salary
• Critical Illness Cover
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Work culture focused on innovative disruption

Benefits may vary by location.

Equal Opportunity: 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.