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Staff HPC Systems Architect

Lambda Labs · San Jose Office (First St) · San Francisco Office (Fremont St) · Bellevue Office

Infrastructureremotestaff$314k–$465k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Architect scalable compute platforms powering the superintelligence cloud.
  • Define platform roadmaps guiding hardware selection and cluster design.
  • Lead new platform introductions from validation to performance tuning.

What they offer

  • Generous cash & equity compensation
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Wellness and commuter stipends
  • 401k plan with 2% company match
  • Flexible paid time off

Ideal candidate

Systems architect with 7+ years scaling massive HPC/cloud platforms who thrives in ambiguity. Self-starter who loves balancing performance, efficiency, and cost while mentoring engineers and shaping technical strategy.

Requirements

  • 7+ years architecting large-scale 10k-100k+ GPU HPC or cloud compute platforms
  • Deep knowledge of CPU/GPU architectures, memory hierarchies, and accelerator topologies
  • Experience designing systems around high-bandwidth, low-latency fabrics (NVLink, InfiniBand, RoCE)
  • Strong understanding of performance tuning, resource scheduling, thermal and power optimization, and lifecycle management
  • Comfortable working across hardware and software boundaries, including OS behavior and orchestration layers
  • Skilled at balancing tradeoffs for density, power efficiency, cooling, and performance
  • Strong analytical and communication skills with track record influencing technical strategy
  • Self-starter with strong ownership, comfortable working in ambiguity
remote policy
4 days in office per week, work from home on Tuesdays

Lab profile

About Lambda Labs

The Superintelligence Cloud delivering GPU compute infrastructure for AI researchers and enterprises.

What they build

  • GPU cloud infrastructure
  • On-demand GPU instances
  • Managed Kubernetes for AI workloads

Known for

  • AI cloud infrastructure at scale
  • HPC platform and hardware engineering
  • Data center operations and networking

Key facts

  • Serves tens of thousands of customers
  • Offices in San Francisco, San Jose and Bellevue
  • Data center in Quebec City, Canada
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