Act as a technical lead during new platform introductions, guiding validation and performance characterization efforts.
Mentor systems engineers and cross-functional stakeholders on compute performance tuning, sizing, and architectural decisions.
You
Proven experience (7+ years) architecting large-scale 10k-100k+ GPU HPC or cloud compute platforms.
Deep knowledge of CPU/GPU architectures, memory hierarchies, and accelerator topologies.
Experience designing systems around high-bandwidth, low-latency fabrics (NVLink, InfiniBand, and RoCE).
Strong understanding of system performance tuning, resource scheduling, thermal and power optimization, and compute lifecycle management.
Comfortable working across hardware and software boundaries, especially at the intersection of compute architecture, OS behavior, and orchestration layers.
Skilled at balancing architectural tradeoffs for density, power efficiency, cooling, and performance.
Strong analytical and communication skills, with a track record of influencing technical strategy across teams.
Strong ownership and can do attitude, self-starter who feels comfortable working in ambiguity.
Nice to Have
Hands-on experience with AI/ML workloads and their compute performance characteristics.
Familiarity with orchestration tools used in HPC. (Slurm, Kubernetes, etc)
Experience with virtualization technologies, specifically GPU virtualization.
Exposure to hardware validation, vendor collaboration, and long-term OEM roadmap alignment.
Background in compute telemetry, real-time performance profiling, or large-scale A/B infrastructure testing.
Salary Range Information
The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. 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
Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast
Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove
We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers
We offer 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
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.
