Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.
If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.
*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.
What You’ll Do
Help to build and scale Lambda's high performance cloud network
Work on deploying and configuring networking Hardware for new and existing clusters
Ensure high availability of our network through monitoring, failover, and redundancy
Contribute to automation of network configuration management and operation
Work with internal and external customers to resolve network related issues
Help with deploying and maintaining network monitoring and management tools
Will be part of day2 operations and on-call rotation for Network Engineering team
You
Have 10+ years of experience in IT and networking space
Have 6+ years of experience in designing and operating production Data Center type of networks
Have led the implementation of large production-scale networking projects
Experience managing Next-Generation Firewalls (e.g. Fortigate)
Have experience with cloud providers networking (such as AWS, GCP, OCI)
Expert in CLOS/Spine and Leaf fabrics,EVPN/VXLAN, ECMP, BGP, and fast convergence techniques.
Are comfortable on the Linux command line, and have an understanding of the Linux networking stack and internals
Strong automation skills (Python, Ansible) and network APIs and worked with git or similar source control systems
Production experience with multiple network gear vendors (Arista, Juniper, Cisco, Cumulus/SONiC, Opengear)
Experience with Networking Monitoring stack (Datadog, Clickhouse, Grafana, Prometheus, gNMI, OTel)
Nice to Have
Have knowledge or experience maintaining Software Defined Networks (SDN)
Experience automating network configuration within public clouds, with tools like Terraform/Ansible/Salt
Hands-on with HPC/AI networking: RoCEv2 and/or InfiniBand (Congestion Control, VLs, partitions), GPUDirect RDMA concepts.
Experience with DWDM technologies and SD-WAN
Understanding of data center power/space/cooling trade-offs and their impact on topology choices
Have experience with virtualization technology, like ESXi, KVM, and VMs management
Experience with LoadBalancers like F5, NetScaler
Salary Range Information
The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
About Lambda
Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast
Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove
We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers
We offer generous cash & equity compensation
Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in IT and networking
- 6+ years of experience in designing and operating production Data Center networks
- Experience managing Next-Generation Firewalls
- Experience with cloud provider networking
- Expert in CLOS/Spine and Leaf fabrics and related technologies
- Strong automation skills with Python and Ansible
- Experience with multiple network gear vendors
- Experience with Networking Monitoring stack
Lambda Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Lambda and has not been reviewed or approved by Lambda.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is described as competitive or generous, particularly in technical roles. Some employees also highlight strong cash pay relative to workload and remote flexibility.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision benefits that extend to dependents. This core coverage is positioned as a strength alongside competitive pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off policies include flexible PTO that is encouraged and used, plus roughly 12 paid holidays and around 5 sick days. These elements are noted as helping reduce burnout and supporting flexibility.
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What We Do
Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure and the #1 GPU Cloud for ML/AI teams. Their mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence.
