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Senior Software Engineer - Fleet Engineering

LambdaSan Francisco Office (Fremont St)Data Center Business
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Salary
$230K - $395K USD
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
11 May 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Lambda is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for Fleet Engineering to build and improve the systems that manage GPU, CPU, and storage infrastructure. This position requires working from the San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue office four days a week.

Role Overview

Fleet Engineering manages the rapid deployment, provisioning, and maintenance of the company computing fleet, which includes storage hosts, servers, and the InfiniBand network fabric. As a Senior Software Engineer, the person in this role builds automation and software that transform raw hardware into operational customer capacity. The position suits engineering professionals who want to work at the intersection of physical datacenters, hardware, and distributed software.

Key Responsibilities

Design and improve software that handles machine configuration, fleet lifecycle management, and cluster state at scale.
Build automation tools that take clusters through operating system provisioning, validation, configuration, and customer hand-off.
Support the bring-up, validation, and production readiness of new datacenters, server platforms, accelerators, and networks.
Refine machine lifecycle workflows such as bare metal provisioning, imaging, firmware updates, and system health checks.
Develop systems that reconcile intended configurations against actual states to prevent deployment failures and maintain production service level agreements.
Investigate hardware and firmware failures across boot flows, basic input/output systems, baseboard management controllers, network devices, and storage.
Collaborate across product engineering, networking, security, architecture, and datacenter operations teams.

Requirements

Bring at least five years of engineering experience to the position.
Demonstrate fluency in Python, Go, or similar languages alongside experience with APIs, automation pipelines, and distributed systems.
Work confidently in Linux environments with the ability to debug across operating system, hardware, and networking layers.
Show enthusiasm for building solutions at the intersection of software, hardware, and physical datacenter builds.
Possess past experience owning production systems that carry real service level agreements.
Lead technical designs for medium to large features by translating ambiguous problems into documentation and driving cross-team alignment.

Nice to Have

Background in artificial intelligence or machine learning infrastructure, or other hyperscale computing environments.
Practical experience with bare metal provisioning and lifecycle management tools like PXE, Redfish, IPMI, BMC, DHCP, and DNS.
Familiarity with physical datacenter infrastructure including power domains, switches, racks, and InfiniBand fabric.
Experience diagnosing hardware compatibility issues, drivers, and firmware across graphics processing unit servers.
Knowledge of data center infrastructure management tools or network source-of-truth systems like NetBox.
Experience building Linux distributions or managing operating system customization and imaging.
Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible.
Exposure to container orchestration and Kubernetes concepts.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools for tasks like code generation, testing, debugging, and documentation.

Skills and Tools

Python
Go
Linux
Kubernetes
Automation pipelines and distributed systems

Salary and Benefits

Annual salary range between $230,000 and $395,000 in USD per year.
Generous cash and equity compensation.
Health, vision, and dental coverage for employees and dependents.
Wellness and commuter stipends for eligible roles.
401(k) plan with a two percent company match for United States employees.
Flexible paid time off plan.

About the Company

Founded in 2012, Lambda operates The Superintelligence Cloud and employs over 500 staff members. The organization serves customers ranging from independent AI researchers to enterprise hyperscalers, backed by prominent investors and partners. Research papers from the team are regularly accepted at leading machine learning and graphics conferences.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official Lambda careers page to submit an application.

Skills and tech stack

PythonKubernetes

Questions candidates ask

What is the location requirement for this role?

This position requires a presence in the San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue office four days per week, with Tuesday designated as a work-from-home day.

What is the salary range for the Senior Software Engineer position?

The annual salary ranges from $230,000 to $395,000 USD.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must have five or more years of engineering experience.

What programming languages are required?

Candidates should be fluent in Python, Go, or similar languages.

What benefits are provided to employees?

Benefits include cash and equity compensation, medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness and commuter stipends for select roles, a 401(k) plan with a 2% company match, and flexible paid time off.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Lambda careers page.

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