Network Engineer

Lambda

Network Engineer working on high performance cloud network builds for AI infrastructure at Lambda. Collaborating on networks and ensuring high availability for data centers.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $278,000 - $417,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaLinuxPrometheusPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help to build and scale Lambda's high performance cloud network
Work on deploying and configuring networking Hardware for new and existing clusters
Ensure high availability of our network through monitoring, failover, and redundancy
Contribute to automation of network configuration management and operation
Work with internal and external customers to resolve network related issues
Help with deploying and maintaining network monitoring and management tools
Will be part of day2 operations and on-call rotation for Network Engineering team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Have 10+ years of experience in IT and networking space
Have 6+ years of experience in designing and operating production Data Center type of networks
Have led the implementation of large production-scale networking projects
Experience managing Next-Generation Firewalls (e.g. Fortigate)
Have experience with cloud providers networking (such as AWS, GCP, OCI)
Expert in CLOS/Spine and Leaf fabrics, EVPN/VXLAN, ECMP, BGP, and fast convergence techniques.
Are comfortable on the Linux command line, and have an understanding of the Linux networking stack and internals
Strong automation skills (Python, Ansible) and network APIs and worked with git or similar source control systems
Production experience with multiple network gear vendors (Arista, Juniper, Cisco, Cumulus/SONiC, Opengear)
Experience with Networking Monitoring stack (Datadog, Clickhouse, Grafana, Prometheus, gNMI, OTel)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

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Hard Skills & Tools

network configuration managementNext-Generation Firewallscloud networkingCLOS fabricsSpine and Leaf fabricsEVPNVXLANECMPBGPLinux networking

Soft Skills

problem solvingcollaborationcommunicationleadershipautomation