Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes
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.
What You’ll Do
Design, build, and maintain scalable control plane services, operators, and custom controllers for Kubernetes.
Develop automation for cluster lifecycle management (provisioning, upgrades, patching, and deletion).
Develop internal tools, APIs, and command-line interfaces (CLIs) that enable customers and ML and AI teams to deploy and monitor inference services effectively.
Write resilient systems that gracefully handle failure across large-scale distributed environments.
Define and implement Service-Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service-Level Indicators (SLIs) for Kubernetes services, workloads, and the platform.
Drive into systems at a low level to solve unique cluster problems and write up the findings.
Assist customers with high-level Kubernetes questions and integrations with applications, storage, and authentication.
Assist with initial cluster buildouts and validation to help identify failed hardware before customer delivery.
Work closely with our HPC Ops and Datacenter Ops teams on issues that require lower-level expertise or cross-functional solutions.
Participate in a well-managed, sustainable on-call rotation.
Some telecommuting permitted (hybrid).
You
Have a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Have 5 years of progressive experience as Software Engineer or related occupation
Must have at least 1 year of prior work experience in each of the following:
Distributed systems software development as applied to computer networking infrastructure.
Full-stack development in multiple software languages including Python, Go, Java, or C/C++.
Software development using cloud-native technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Etcd, and gRPC.
Development and CI/CD workflow using tools including Gerrit, Git, and Jenkins.
Working with and developing open-source projects.
Tuning Kubernetes configuration and working with Operators, CRDs, CSI, and CNI.
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.