Senior Network Architect—AI Cloud Backbone & Strategy

Socket.dev; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Wellness stipend

401k match

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Lambda is seeking a senior network architect to own the multi-year strategy for our global cloud network, including fabric, backbone, and edge. You will shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and work with enterprise customers on critical projects.

The role requires hands-on depth, collaboration across hardware, software, and product teams, and participation in day‑2 operations and on‑call rotations to ensure peak availability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cloud computing, systems engineering, and large-scale network infra.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year network strategy for fabric, backbone and edge.
• Set technical direction and standards for engineers.
• Manage high-level enterprise customer relationships on mission-critical projects.
• Lead cross-team collaboration and make high-quality technical judgments.

Skills

Multi-year strategy

Technical leadership

Enterprise networks

SDN and cloud networking

Mentorship

On-call rotation

Vendor/DC networking

Python scripting

Tools

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

gNMI

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

Ansible

Salt

NetBox

Job description

Lambda is seeking a senior network architect to own the multi-year strategy for our global cloud network, including fabric, backbone, and edge. You will shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and work with enterprise customers on critical projects.

The role requires hands-on depth, collaboration across hardware, software, and product teams, and participation in day‑2 operations and on‑call rotations to ensure peak availability.