Senior Software Engineer - Core Cloud Platform at Lambda
San Francisco, CA
$296,000–$346,000
Jul 27, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This Senior Software Engineer role on Lambda's Core Cloud Platform team focuses on building and operating the control-plane systems that manage GPU cloud infrastructure — covering compute lifecycle, bare metal orchestration, capacity management, and operational tooling. The work involves designing APIs, state machines, workflow engines, and orchestration layers that transform physical GPU hardware into reliable cloud capacity. It suits engineers with a strong distributed-systems background who are comfortable working close to the hardware/software boundary.
Senior level · 6+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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Roughly 1,100 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 810–1,400
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What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052).
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The role is hybrid, not remote — 4 days per week in the San Francisco/San Jose office. The CBSA is mapped to San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (41940) as the posting names both cities; San Francisco (41860) is an equally plausible primary location.
Python and Go are listed together as 'Python, Go, or a similar backend/system language' — they are treated as interchangeable gates on the same requirement rather than two separate hard requirements.
Temporal and Airflow appear together under 'Nice-to-Haves' as interchangeable workflow orchestration options, so they are captured as a single preferred skill with alternatives.
A bachelor's degree is listed under the requirements section but is immediately qualified by 'or equivalent working experience,' so no formal degree is hard-required.
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