Lambda
Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure Storage
$266K–$395K
San Francisco Office (Fremont St) +2 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco Office (Fremont St)
San Jose Office (First St)
Bellevue Office - Experience
- 5+ years of experience in software development for storage systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Develops next-generation on-premise storage software and resilient distributed storage services for Lambda’s AI infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain storage software for performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Implement and optimize file, block, and object storage protocol APIs and distributed storage-resource management.
- Integrate software with storage hardware, troubleshoot production data-center issues, and support the software lifecycle.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in software development for storage systems.
- Distributed systems programming experience and knowledge of storage protocols, Linux kernel internals, and system-level programming.
- Strong programming skills in C, C++, Go, or Python; familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and QA practices.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI/ML workloads, data-center networking, or high-speed interconnects.
- Storage performance tuning or familiarity with GPUs and DPUs.
Pay
$266K – $395K • Multiple Ranges (annual salary; currency not stated)
Tools
NFS, SMB, Lustre, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, S3, Swift, Linux
AI focus
Builds storage services that power AI and machine-learning infrastructure; the role may involve AI/ML workloads and their storage challenges.
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