Senior Software Engineer - Core Cloud Platform
Core
Build and operate distributed systems powering Lambda's GPU cloud infrastructure, including control planes, managed Kubernetes, and cloud APIs.
Role type
Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Cloud Platform)
Builds
Distributed systems, APIs, control planes, schedulers, and operational tooling for AI cloud services
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Distributed Systems / AI/ML Compute
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, Python, distributed systems, concurrency, system design, API design, incident response, full-cycle ownership
Preferred skills
Kubernetes, cloud control-plane systems, infrastructure automation, event-driven architectures, GPU infrastructure, HPC environments
Technologies
Go, Python, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure
Responsibilities
Design and operate services and control planes; solve distributed-systems problems involving state and consistency; own the full engineering lifecycle from design to on-call; improve system availability and efficiency; turn incidents into engineering improvements; collaborate across product, infrastructure, and security teams; contribute to technical standards and mentorship
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC; Staff, strategy & mentorship