Senior Software Engineer - AI Cloud

Department: Engineering

Location: San Francisco Office

Compensation: $255K – $445K

Employment Type: FullTime

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best AI 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.

Role Summary

Help build the world’s best deep learning cloud by delivering frontend and backend systems that power Lambda's ML and AI platform.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build intuitive, beautiful web interfaces for ML/AI cloud users

• Integrate top-tier tooling, workflows, and models from the AI space

• Own features end-to-end—from design to deployment to monitoring

You (Must-Haves)

Frontend Experience (6+ years)

• Responsive web apps using:

  • TypeScript

  • React (or equivalent experience in Vue or Svelte)

  • HTML and modern CSS

  • Vite

Backend Experience (8+ years)

• Business-critical services using:

  • Python, Unix/Command line

  • Django or FastAPI

  • Relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL

Additional Core Experience

• CI/CD: Automation around testing and deployment

• Reliability & Observability: Logging, alerting, and building highly available systems

• Cloud Native Services: AWS, Okta, Cloudflare, etc.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Atlantis, Crossplane, etc.)

• Event-based or serverless tech (e.g., AWS Lambda, Kinesis)

• Experience in ML, AI, or data science

• Application security and web hardening

• Leadership or mentorship experience

• Strong academic background (EECS, Math, Software Engineering, Physics)

Salary Range
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.

Final Note

You don’t need to meet all qualifications to apply. Lambda values a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

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

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.