Backend Engineer (AI)

Location: This position requires presence in our San Francisco/San Jose or Bellevue office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

Salary: San Francisco / San Jose $225K – $300K; Bellevue $203K – $270K

Company

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and improve software that powers GPU fleet lifecycle management and machine configuration at scale.
• Build and enhance automation frameworks for machine provisioning, configuration management, and deployment.
• Enable bring-up, validation, and production readiness for new server and accelerator platforms.
• Improve and refine workflows for bare metal provisioning, firmware updates, and system health monitoring.
• Investigate failures across BIOS, BMC, firmware, networking, storage, and boot flows.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and product engineering teams to develop scalable and maintainable solutions.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience working with Go (Golang) or Python in production environments.
• 2+ years of experience with configuration management tools and practices.
• Comfortable working in Linux environments and debugging issues at the OS, hardware, and networking layers.
• Can independently troubleshoot complex systems and communicate effectively across software, infrastructure, and vendor teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with Go in infrastructure, systems, or backend development.
• Hands-on experience with bare metal provisioning and lifecycle management, including technologies such as Redfish, BMC, IPMI, DHCP, and PXE.
• Experience diagnosing issues involving drivers, firmware, and hardware compatibility across GPU servers.
• Experience incorporating AI-assisted development tools into engineering workflows, including code generation, debugging, test development, and documentation.
• Experience building Linux distributions or managing OS customization and imaging.
• Familiarity with Ansible for system configuration and automation.
• Exposure to Kubernetes and container orchestration concepts.

Culture & Benefits

• 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.