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Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure Storage

LambdaSan Francisco Office (Fremont St)Data Center Business
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Salary
$314K - $465K USD
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
16 Jul 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Lambda is seeking a seasoned Staff Software Engineer for Infrastructure Storage to join the Data Center Business team in San Francisco. This full-time position suits an experienced systems engineer ready to shape large-scale AI cloud storage solutions.

Role Overview

Lambda builds the superintelligence cloud, offering high-performance infrastructure for artificial intelligence researchers, enterprises, and hyperscalers. As a Staff Software Engineer focusing on Infrastructure Storage, you will architect and maintain high-performance distributed storage systems that serve massive datasets for clustered GPUs. This role requires working on-site four days a week at the San Francisco office on Fremont Street, with Tuesday designated as a work-from-home day.

Key Responsibilities

Establish technical direction for storage software architecture across petabyte-scale environments, author and review design docs, and mentor senior engineers.
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance storage software spanning file, block, and object protocols.
Build distributed systems to orchestrate storage resources and integrate them with accelerated hardware.
Troubleshoot complex production problems related to performance, hardware failure domains, and network protocols.
Collaborate closely with networking, compute, control plane, Kubernetes, and observability teams to define and track storage SLOs and SLIs.
Monitor industry research regarding AI and high-performance computing storage, evaluating new protocols and hardware to optimize AI workloads.

Requirements

Ten or more years of professional experience in storage systems engineering, including at least five years in a technical lead or Staff-level individual contributor capacity.
Demonstrated track record of designing and operating multi-petabyte storage environments in production cloud or data center settings.
Proficiency in systems-level programming languages such as C, C++, Rust, or Go.
Hands-on experience implementing or maintaining server and client protocols across object, block, or file paradigms.
Expertise in storage performance optimization, including profiling and tuning for latency, throughput, and IOPS using tools like fio and elbencho.
Working knowledge of modern storage technologies including NVMe, RDMA, NVMe-oF, and DPUs.

Nice to Have

Practical experience utilizing NVIDIA BlueField DPUs, SuperNICs, or implementing GPUDirect Storage.
Production background with high-performance computing storage platforms such as Weka, Vast Data, Lustre, or NetApp.
Experience operating large-scale Ceph services exceeding 100 petabytes in AI or HPC contexts.
Familiarity with novel technologies like CXL memory pooling, ZNS SSDs, or computational storage.
Contributions to open-source storage projects like DAOS, MinIO, Ceph, or Lustre.

Skills and Tools

Kubernetes
Rust
C++
C
Go
NVMe and NVMe-oF
RDMA and DPUs
Object, block, and file storage protocols

Salary and Benefits

Annual salary range between $314,000 and $465,000 USD.
Generous cash and equity compensation packages.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
Wellness and commuter stipends for designated positions.
401(k) plan featuring a 2% company match for eligible United States employees.
Flexible paid time off policy.

About the Company

Lambda was founded in 2012, employs over 500 people, and is expanding rapidly with backing from prominent investors and technology leaders. The organization focuses on making compute ubiquitous and powering artificial intelligence research that appears at top-tier machine learning and graphics conferences.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official Lambda careers website to submit an application for this position.

Skills and tech stack

KubernetesRustC++

Questions candidates ask

Where is this job located?

The role is based out of the San Francisco office on Fremont Street, requiring presence four days a week with Tuesday designated as a work-from-home day.

What is the salary range for the Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure Storage role?

The annual salary range is set between $314,000 and $465,000 USD, depending on qualifications and market factors.

What level of experience is required?

Candidates must have 10+ years of experience in storage systems engineering, with at least 5 years in a technical lead or Staff-level individual contributor role.

What programming languages are expected?

Strong proficiency in systems-level programming languages such as C, C++, Rust, or Go is required.

What benefits are included?

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

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Lambda careers page.

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