Senior HPC Support Engineer - GPU/Kernel Master

Lambda Labs; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

401k plan with 2% company match

Wellness & commuter stipends

Job summary

Lambda Labs is seeking a Senior HPC Systems Engineer to join our on-site team in the United States. You will act as a senior escalation point, troubleshooting complex GPU infrastructure issues down to hardware and kernel levels, while mentoring junior engineers.

We value strong Linux administration, HPC orchestration with Kubernetes/Slurm, and CI/CD practices. You will craft documentation, identify gaps, and contribute to fast deployments with AI-assisted tooling.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on HPC experience in admin, support, or engineering.
• Strong Linux system administration experience.
• Experience supporting HPC environments with Kubernetes and/or Slurm.
• Solid CI/CD background and use of AI-assisted tools.
• Proficiency with monitoring/logging tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog.
• Kernel debugging and performance profiling skills.
• CUDA/NVIDIA GPUs and Infiniband knowledge.
• TCP/IP, VPN, and cloud firewall familiarity.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior escalation point for infrastructure and platform issues to hardware/kernel levels.
• Distinguish hardware, driver, kernel, and workload configuration problems to resolve correctly.
• Identify and fix tooling, process, and documentation gaps proactively.
• Develop scripts or small tools with AI assistance to close operational gaps.
• Perform root-cause analysis across distributed GPU infrastructure.
• Document solutions and evolve support procedures.
• Collaborate with engineering to convert recurring pain points into permanent fixes.
• Mentor and train junior support engineers.
• Participate in rotating on-call and own major incidents.
• Contribute during fast, high-volume deployments.

Skills

HPC experience

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Slurm

CI/CD

AI-assisted tooling

Monitoring tools

Kernel debugging

Networking

CUDA/NVIDIA GPUs

Infiniband

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Job description

Lambda Labs is seeking a Senior HPC Systems Engineer to join our on-site team in the United States. You will act as a senior escalation point, troubleshooting complex GPU infrastructure issues down to hardware and kernel levels, while mentoring junior engineers.

We value strong Linux administration, HPC orchestration with Kubernetes/Slurm, and CI/CD practices. You will craft documentation, identify gaps, and contribute to fast deployments with AI-assisted tooling.