Senior Software Engineer
Lightning AI28 days ago
Base Salary
$206k - $217k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain backend services and APIs for resource management.
- Develop internal tools and automation for infrastructure provisioning.
- Integrate services across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Contribute to technical design and architecture planning.
- Review code, mentor junior engineers, and promote software engineering best practices.
- Participate in technical and sprint planning.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
- Troubleshoot production issues and implement fixes.
- Develop disaster recovery and backup strategies.
- Optimize system performance and resource utilization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related technical field, or a foreign degree equivalent.
- At least five years of relevant experience.
- At least five years of experience in backend and distributed-systems software engineering.
- At least five years of experience with AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.
- At least five years of experience with Kubernetes and microservices architecture.
- At least five years of experience with Go, Python, and/or Java.
- At least five years of experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
- At least five years of experience with networking, security, and scalability concepts.
Benefits
- Annual base salary range of $206,086–$217,000, plus a discretionary bonus and equity component.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
- RSUs, 401(k) matching in the U.S., and pension contributions in the U.K.
- Unlimited PTO, company holidays, floating holidays, and a two-week company-wide winter break.
- Paid parental and family leave.
- Annual learning and development allowance.
- Wellness and work-from-home stipends.
- Four weeks of paid sabbatical after four years of service.
- Flexible schedules and a hybrid work model for office-based teams.
- Complimentary meals at office hubs.
- Occasional telecommuting is available within commuting distance of the Redmond, Washington reporting office.
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About Lightning AI
Lightning AI builds an end-to-end platform for prototyping, training, and deploying AI systems, alongside open-source tools such as PyTorch Lightning and torchmetrics. It offers a browser-based studio and managed GPU infrastructure for teams ranging from solo researchers to large enterprises, with built-in observability and controls. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company merged with Voltage Park to pair developer-first software with large-scale, cost-efficient compute.