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 office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.
About the Role
The HR Operations team is engaged in the administration of a broad range of HR activities associated with the employee lifecycle. The team acts as the first point of contact for queries from managers and staff across the company and also provides a comprehensive administrative support service to the HR team, supporting all projects undertaken with the HR Department.
As a Senior HR Generalist at Lambda, you will play a key role in delivering a high-quality and responsive HR service, ensuring HRIS data integrity, automating workflows, and continuously improving HR processes to support scalability, sustainability, and simplicity.
What You’ll Do
Champion and actively reinforce Lambda’s culture, mission, purpose, and values across the organization, serving as a trusted partner to leaders and employees
Establish, evolve, and enforce company policies, ensuring alignment with business needs, compliance requirements, and best practices
Support the implementation, optimization, and ongoing management of HR systems, including Workday (HRIS) and ADP (payroll), ensuring data accuracy, process efficiency, and strong user experience
Ensure the integrity and maintenance of employee data across HR systems (e.g., HRIS, shared drives, knowledge management tools), with a focus on accuracy, security, and scalability.
Serve as a point of contact for employees on HR, benefits, and policy-related matters, providing guidance and driving resolution through HR shared channels and ticketing systems
Support compliance efforts for annual filings, reporting, and employee communications, partnering cross-functionally as needed
Act as the HR Operations point of contact for internal and external audits (e.g., SOC 2 Type I & II, ISO 27001), including maintaining documentation, responding to audit requests, and strengthening controls and processes
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned, operating with a high degree of ownership and autonomy
You
Have a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience (1 year of work experience for every school year)
Have 5+ years of experience in HR Operations roles
Fluency in Workday, ADP, JIRA and Google Workspace
Have excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills
Can maintain high degrees of integrity handling sensitive and confidential information daily
Have proficiency in establishing, implementing, and enforcing company policies
Have the ability to collaborate, navigate ambiguity, and adapt to change, and balance
multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Have strong relationship building and networking skills
Can manage ambiguity across multiple priorities and to know when to escalate issues for final resolution
Experience in the technology industry
Start-up and / or remote environment experience
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
A Final Note:
You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
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
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 5-7 years of experience in HR Operations roles
- Fluency in Workday, ADP, JIRA and Google Workspace
- Excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills
- Experience in the technology industry
- Start-up and/or remote environment experience
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 — Pay is considered competitive for an AI infrastructure company, with posted ranges and observed offers indicating strong packages for senior technical roles. Compensation is often characterized as competitive or top‑shelf, aligning with market expectations.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage are characterized as strong, with broad‑network plans noted and positive experiences highlighted. This foundation supports overall satisfaction with core insurance benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO is described as actually used, complemented by paid holidays and sick time. Generous parental leave examples further expand the time‑off offering.
Lambda Insights
What We Do
Lambda provides computation to accelerate human progress. We're a team of Deep Learning engineers building the world's best GPU workstations and servers. Our products power engineers and researchers at the forefront of human knowledge. Customers include Microsoft, MIT, Los Alamos National Lab, Disney, Tencent, Kaiser Permanente, Stanford, Harvard, Caltech, and the Department of Defense.
