Staff Software Engineer - Compute
Lambda — San Jose, California, United States · Remote · Staff+
Role description
Role Overview
As a Staff Software Engineer for the Compute pillar, you will play a critical role in defining the technical vision for Lambda's next-generation GPU and CPU host instance lifecycle and compute control plane. This role bridges the gap between high-level distributed systems and low-level semiconductor architecture to enable seamless, reliable cloud provisioning and lifecycle management of a heterogeneous compute platform at a massive scale.
What You Will Do
You will design and implement a highly available and reliable GPU and CPU “host and instance lifecycle” control plane, guide technical decisions involving semiconductor architecture, BIOS/Firmware settings, system boot methodologies, and DPU utilization to optimize host capabilities, performance and reliability.
Why It Might Be a Fit
You will provide hands-on technical leadership that will guide development of a resilient compute control plane utilizing durable execution concepts and deep/unique hardware integration.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience working on compute control plane distributed systems used for deploying and lifecycle managing heterogeneous compute platforms into data-centers
- Deep expertise in durable execution models and distributed systems used in cloud-service provisioning
- Basic knowledge of software defined networking fundamentals that informs secure, multi-tenant distributed systems
- Proven track record of leading large-scale semi-conductor hardware enablement and deployment initiatives
- Proven experience in deploying net-new data-centers into a global compute platform (not just working in existing data-centers)
- Proficiency in one of more of the following programming languages: C/C++, Rust, Python, Go
Benefits
- Annual salary range
- 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