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 Counsel, Credits and Incentives, you will help protect the value of the tax credits, abatements, and economic development incentives supporting CoreWeave’s growth and infrastructure investments. You will oversee compliance throughout the post-award lifecycle, translate complex requirements into practical processes, and help the company meet its commitments across multiple jurisdictions. 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 Credits and Incentives team lead, you will manage the reporting, documentation, and risk-mitigation activities associated with CoreWeave’s incentives portfolio. You will partner closely with Tax, FP&A, Treasury, Accounting, Operations, and external advisors to ensure contractual, statutory, and regulatory requirements are met accurately and on time. Your work will help preserve the financial value of awarded incentives while minimizing exposure to clawbacks, penalties, and other compliance risks.
In this Role You Will:- Manage the end-to-end compliance lifecycle for tax credits and incentives, including monitoring requirements, deadlines, and reporting obligations across multiple jurisdictions.
- Prepare, review, and submit required filings, certifications, and compliance reports to governmental agencies.
- Ensure all reporting is consistent with the terms of incentive agreements and applicable statutes.
- Maintain a centralized compliance calendar and tracking system for all incentives.
- Maintain complete and organized records of incentive agreements, compliance filings, and supporting documentation.
- Ensure readiness for audits, agency inquiries, and internal reviews.
- Monitor performance against incentive requirements (e.g., job creation, wage thresholds, investment levels).
- Identify potential compliance risks and escalate issues proactively.
- Support development and maintenance of internal policies, procedures, and playbooks for incentive compliance.
- Implement best practices for tracking, documentation, and reporting.
Who You Are:
- 4+ years of experience with credits and incentives, tax, economic development, or state and local tax (SALT).
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage complex, multi-jurisdictional requirements.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to synthesize legal requirements into operational processes.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple stakeholders.
- J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and active admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Proficiency in Excel and experience working with large datasets is preferred.
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.
- Practical, solution-oriented, and ready to roll up your sleeves.
- Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- You’re curious about how AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure are reshaping the global economy.
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 $134,000 to $179,000. 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).
What We Offer
The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
- 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
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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: [email protected].
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.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience with credits and incentives, tax, economic development, or state and local tax
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage complex, multi-jurisdictional requirements
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Ability to synthesize legal requirements into operational processes
- Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple stakeholders
- J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
- Active admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- Proficiency in Excel and experience working with large datasets
CoreWeave Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage with employer-paid employee premiums cited for U.S. full-time staff, plus mental-health resources such as Spring Health and Calm. Feedback suggests this combination makes healthcare a standout element of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, fertility/family-forming support through Carrot, and childcare assistance via Kinside are emphasized. These benefits indicate strong support for caregiving and family planning needs.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a discounted purchase price is available to eligible U.S. employees, alongside equity/stock options in many roles. This structure offers accessible ownership potential in addition to salary and traditional benefits.
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What We Do
CoreWeave, the AI Hyperscaler™, delivers a cloud platform of cutting-edge software powering the next wave of AI. The company's technology provides enterprises and leading AI labs with cloud solutions for accelerated computing. Since 2017, CoreWeave has operated a growing footprint of data centers across the US and Europe. CoreWeave was ranked as one of the TIME100 most influential companies and featured on Forbes Cloud 100 ranking in 2024. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.
Why Work With Us
At CoreWeave we work hard, have fun and move fast! Today we are a small, growing team of intelligent, genuine people, that value different perspectives and approaches to solving complex problems. We foster an environment that champions collaboration and prioritizes innovative solutions. Here, you are surrounded by the best.
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