Senior Software Engineer – Infrastructure Storage

Lambda

Senior Storage Software Engineer designing and deploying scalable storage protocols within AI infrastructure. Join data center teams to create high-performance systems enabling advanced AI research.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $266,000 - $395,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsNFS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain software for storage systems, focusing on performance, scalability, and reliability.
Implement and optimize storage protocol APIs for file (e.g., NFS, SMB), block (e.g., Fibre Channel), and object (e.g., S3) access.
Develop distributed systems for managing and orchestrating storage resources across multiple storage solutions and redundant arrays.
Collaborate with hardware and system architects to integrate software with various storage solutions, including NVMe and GPU-direct storage.
Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in a production data center environment.
Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and design to deployment and maintenance.
Work closely with the storage software teams and networking teams to execute on cross-functional infrastructure initiatives and new data-center deployments including integration of storage protocols across a variety of on-prem storage solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in storage engineering with at least 5+ years in a management or lead role.
Systems-Level Programming and Architecture
Storage Protocol and API Mastery:
Storage Performance Optimization
DPKD SPKD
Physical Infrastructure Knowledge
Operational Acumen
Technical Skills:
Experience in serving one or more of the following storage protocols: object storage (e.g., S3), block storage (e.g., iSCSI), or file storage (e.g., NFS, SMB, Lustre).
Professional individual contributor experience as a storage engineer or storage SRE.
Familiarity with modern storage technologies (e.g., NVMe, RDMA, DPUs) and their role in optimizing performance.
People Management:
Experience building a high-performance team through deliberate hiring, upskilling, planned skills redundancy, performance-management, and expectation setting.

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

storage engineeringsystems-level programmingstorage protocol APIsstorage performance optimizationobject storageblock storagefile storageNVMeRDMADPU

Soft Skills

people managementoperational acumencollaborationtroubleshootingdebuggingteam buildingperformance managementexpectation settingupskillingskills redundancy