Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes

Lambda Inc.

Job Overview

Location

San Francisco Office (Fremont St)

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain scalable control plane services, operators, and custom controllers for Kubernetes.
• Develop automation for cluster lifecycle management (provisioning, upgrades, patching, and deletion).
• Develop internal tools, APIs, and command-line interfaces (CLIs) that enable customers and ML and AI teams to deploy and monitor inference services effectively.
• Write resilient systems that gracefully handle failure across large-scale distributed environments.
• Define and implement Service-Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service-Level Indicators (SLIs) for Kubernetes services, workloads, and the platform.
• Drive into systems at a low level to solve unique cluster problems and write up the findings.
• Assist customers with high-level Kubernetes questions and integrations with applications, storage, and authentication.
• Assist with initial cluster buildouts and validation to help identify failed hardware before customer delivery.
• Work closely with our HPC Ops and Datacenter Ops teams on issues that require lower-level expertise or cross-functional solutions.
• Participate in a well-managed, sustainable on-call rotation.

🎯 Requirements

• Have a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Have 5 years of progressive experience as Software Engineer or related occupation.
• Must have at least 1 year of prior work experience in each of the following:
• Distributed systems software development as applied to computer networking infrastructure.
• Full-stack development in multiple software languages including Python, Go, Java, or C/C++.
• Software development using cloud-native technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Etcd, and gRPC.
• Development and CI/CD workflow using tools including Gerrit, Git, and Jenkins.
• Working with and developing open-source projects.
• Tuning Kubernetes configuration and working with Operators, CRDs, CSI, and CNI.

🏖️ 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.

Skills & Technologies

Python

Java

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Hybrid

Degree Required

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About Lambda Inc.

Lambda Inc. provides cloud-based GPU clusters and workstations for artificial-intelligence research and development. The company designs and operates high-performance hardware infrastructure optimized for machine-learning workloads, offering on-demand access to NVIDIA GPUs, pre-configured deep-learning software stacks, and scalable storage. Customers include AI labs, universities, and enterprises training large language and computer-vision models. Founded in 2012, Lambda is headquartered in San Francisco and maintains data centers across North America and Europe.

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