Staff Software Engineer - Compute
Lambda· Data Center Business
Hybrid (Bellevue Office), Hybrid (San Jose Office (First St)), Hybrid (San Francisco Office (Fremont St))$314k - $419kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Staff Software Engineer for the Compute pillar to define the technical vision for Lambda's next-generation GPU and CPU host instance lifecycle and compute control plane, bridging high-level distributed systems with low-level semiconductor architecture for large-scale cloud provisioning and lifecycle management of heterogeneous compute platforms.
Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing 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.
- Guide design of compute platform multi-tenant security model
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship for senior engineers across several teams to execute on complex infrastructure roadmaps and technical strategy.
- Collaborate with product and data center organizations to translate customer requirements into scalable infrastructure capabilities.
- Work with customers on translating vague customer technical requirements into concrete engineering deliverables.
- Set engineering standards and lead design reviews for mission-critical cloud software at scale.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience working on compute control plane distributed systems used for deploying and lifecycle managing heterogeneous compute platforms into data-centers, built for resilience at scale.
- 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.
Skills
Required:Compute control plane designDurable execution modelsFirmware/BIOS/UEFI guidanceSecurity in multi-tenant environmentsLeadership and mentorship
Benefits
- 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
Last updated Aug 20, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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