Principal Software Engineer – AI Cloud Network Systems

AI Chopping Block; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with match

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Lambda seeks a senior networking leader to own the multi-year strategy for its cloud networking software roadmap, spanning backend GPU fabric, frontend networks, backbone and edge. You will shape standards, mentor engineers, and own high-level customer engagements.

The role requires deep hands-on network experience, strong communication, and the ability to drive end-to-end design and operations. You will report to the VP of Cloud and AI Networking and collaborate across teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cloud computing, systems engineering or large-scale network infrastructure.
• Experience designing, building and operating production large-scale data center or cloud networks.
• Experience with distributed network systems and Tier 1 SDN services.
• Led large production software services projects from implementation to launch.
• Ability to decompose complex problems into simple solutions.
• Deep understanding of system interdependencies and limitations.
• Expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise architecture and engineering best practices.
• Experience with cloud networking (AWS, GCP, OCI) and strong written communication.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year technical strategy for Lambda's networking software roadmap.
• Set the technical direction and standards for engineers to design, build and operate against.
• Manage high-level technical relationships with enterprise customers on mission-critical projects.
• Influence across teams with strong technical judgment.
• Resolve cross-organisational ambiguities between network, hardware, platform and product teams.
• Be hands-on deep into code, networks and customer use cases when needed.
• Drive end-to-end technical work from vision to high- and low-level design with delivery teams.
• Mentor engineers, conduct reviews and contribute to hiring.
• Operate what you build, participate in day-2 operations and on-call rotations.
• Serve as senior technical voice with large customers and feed learnings back into roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to improve availability, performance or new products.

Skills

Cloud computing

Large-scale networking

Data Center networks

Production software services

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication

AWS/GCP/Azure networking

Job description

Lambda seeks a senior networking leader to own the multi-year strategy for its cloud networking software roadmap, spanning backend GPU fabric, frontend networks, backbone and edge. You will shape standards, mentor engineers, and own high-level customer engagements.

The role requires deep hands-on network experience, strong communication, and the ability to drive end-to-end design and operations. You will report to the VP of Cloud and AI Networking and collaborate across teams.