Staff HPC Systems Architect
Lambda Labs · San Jose Office (First St) · San Francisco Office (Fremont St) · Bellevue Office
Infrastructureremotestaff$314k–$465k
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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