Lambda

Principal Software Engineer

Lambda
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Bellevue, WA, USA or San Francisco, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$372k - $550k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own Lambda’s multi-year technical strategy for networking software across GPU fabric, frontend, backbone, edge, and related infrastructure.
  • Set technical direction and engineering standards for large-scale network software and services.
  • Design, build, launch, and operate distributed networking systems and software-defined networking services.
  • Lead technical work end to end, from vision and high-level architecture through detailed design and delivery.
  • Guide enterprise customers through mission-critical projects and incorporate their feedback into Lambda’s roadmap.
  • Resolve technical ambiguity across network, hardware, platform, and product teams.
  • Participate in day-two operations and the on-call rotation.
  • Mentor engineers through design reviews, hiring, and technical leadership.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in relevant domains such as cloud computing, systems engineering, and large-scale network infrastructure.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating production-scale data center or cloud networks.
  • Experience building distributed network systems and Tier 1 software-defined networking services at scale.
  • Experience leading implementation and launch of large production-scale software service projects.
  • Expert knowledge of performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
  • Experience with networking from cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or OCI.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Preferred: knowledge of HPC/AI networking, RoCEv2, InfiniBand, GPUDirect RDMA, distributed training workloads, software-defined networking, network monitoring, telemetry, and data center, backbone, and internet protocols.

Benefits

  • Required onsite presence in the Bellevue or San Francisco office four days per week, with Tuesday designated as the work-from-home day.
  • Generous cash and equity compensation.
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles.
  • 401(k) plan with a 2% company match for USA employees.
  • Flexible paid time off plan.
Lambda

About Lambda

501-1,000 employees

Lambda provides GPU cloud computing and on-prem AI hardware—servers, clusters, and workstations—for teams training and serving large ML models. Its products include NVIDIA H100/A100 instances, managed clusters, and the Lambda Stack software, sold via usage-based cloud pricing and hardware sales. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company serves researchers, startups, enterprises, and hyperscalers.

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