Senior HPC Systems Engineer
Lambda was founded in 2012 by AI engineers who published research at top machine learning conferences. We aim to be the leading AI computing platform, supporting developers throughout the entire AI development lifecycle. At Lambda, we empower AI engineers to easily, securely, and affordably build, test, and deploy AI products at scale. Our offerings include high-performance on-prem GPU hardware and flexible cloud-based GPU solutions. We aim to make access to powerful computation as effortless and ubiquitous as electricity.
If you'd like to build the world's best deep learning 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 and architect the state-of-the-art AI supercomputers powering our cloud
- Introduce technology and software to improve the performance, resiliency, and quality of service of our HPC storage and networking infrastructure
- Work closely with our ML team to benchmark, tune, and optimize our hypervisors, network, and storage
- Set up monitoring, logging and alerting to ensure high availability and observability
- Provide guidance and represent the interests of our HPC customers
You
- Have expertise with architecting, operating, and debugging large scale HPC network and storage infrastructure, ideally using MPI, NCCL, RDMA, Infiniband, and parallel file systems
- Are experienced with building complex, high-quality software using Python
- Possess a deep understanding of Linux fundamentals, especially its networking stack
- Have experience with large GPU clusters is strongly preferred
- Have experience with virtualization and kubernetes
- Come from a strong engineering background - Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics
You will be successful in this role if you:
- Have led and taken full ownership over large, ambiguous, cross team projects from conception to production
- Enjoy moving fast and making a large business impact
- Value working on a team of high performers that hold each other accountable
- Are a self-starter, curious, and not afraid to ask when in doubt
- Are a quick learner and enjoy learning new technologies
- Value working on a low ego team that emphasizes strong communication, collaboration, and getting to the right answer as a team
Salary Range Information
Based on market data and other factors, the salary range for this position is $180,000 - $250,000. 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
- We offer generous cash & equity compensation
- Investors include Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund
- We are experiencing extremely high demand for our systems, with quarter over quarter, year over year profitability
- Our research papers have been accepted into top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
- We have a wildly talented team of 300, and growing fast
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Commuter/Work from home stipends for select roles
- 401k Plan with 2% company match
- 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.