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.
The Compute Software Engineering role plays a key part in the foundation of both the Public and Private Cloud offerings by enabling Bare-Metal and Virtual Machine provisioning. In this role you will: Develop and integrate workflows for compute instance lifecycle, system health, host and cluster validation, and contribute to and evolve the internal platform tooling, and workflows. As part of the Compute Engineering team, this position focuses on improving the bare-metal and VM developer and customer experiences, streamlining the software delivery lifecycle, building, testing, and shipping software efficiently and reliably.
The position works closely with various engineering teams across the company and contributes directly to Lambda’s ability to scale engineering productivity, maintain high delivery velocity, and support the company’s continued growth by making the right engineering workflows easier, faster, and more reliable.
What You’ll Do
We are seeking a Software Engineer with good experience in backbone infrastructure that build, scale and optimize GPU-first cloud infrastructure that enables High Performance Computing and demanding AI workloads. In this role you will be responsible for:
Design, develop and maintain software for GPU/CPU compute infrastructure with focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
Implement and develop services for baremetal and VM instancing.
Develop distributed systems for managing and orchestrating compute resources across various SKU’s.
Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in a production and development environment.
On-call and incident ownership
Collaboration across multiple teams and drive ambiguity in requirements or solutions on RFC’s.
You
3+ years of experience working with Go (Golang) or Python in production environments.
3+ years of experience with bare metal & virtualization hardware management and configuration.
Are comfortable working in Linux environments and debugging issues at the OS, hardware, and networking layers.
Can independently troubleshoot complex systems and communicate effectively across software, infrastructure, and vendor teams.
Nice to Have
Familiarity with GPU Infrastructure or high-performance computing environments.
Experience with Slurm or Kubernetes-based cluster management.
Experience with core public cloud internals (Virtualization, KVM, QEMU, Security and Fleet health)
Experience with durable execution platforms like Temporal.
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
- 3+ years of production experience with Go (Golang) or Python
- 3+ years of experience with bare metal and virtualization hardware management and configuration
- Comfortable working in Linux and debugging OS, hardware, and networking layers
- Ability to independently troubleshoot complex systems and communicate across software, infrastructure, and vendor teams
- On-call and incident ownership experience
- Familiarity with GPU infrastructure or high-performance computing environments
- Experience with Slurm or Kubernetes-based cluster management
- Experience with public cloud internals (Virtualization, KVM, QEMU, fleet health, security)
- Experience with durable execution platforms like Temporal
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.
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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.
