Lambda
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Managed Kubernetes
Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.
Hybrid · San Francisco Office (Fremont St)
Employer listed it 6 weeks ago · Added 4 days ago
Been open since 6 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
$240,000 to $356,000
Location
Hybrid · San Francisco Office (Fremont St)
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
Published by the employer
Remote flexibility
Hybrid
This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around San Francisco Office (Fremont St), San Jose Office (First St), Bellevue Office, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "San Francisco Office (Fremont St), San Jose Office (First St), Bellevue Office, Hybrid"
- Listing mentions "Hybrid" and 4 days per week in the office
What Nomaders makes of it
- Not suitable if you plan to move between countries
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About the role
Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.
If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.
*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.
Engineering at Lambda is responsible for building and scaling our cloud offering. Our scope includes the Lambda website, cloud APIs and systems as well as internal tooling for system deployment, management and maintenance.
What You’ll Do
Operate and maintain bare-metal Kubernetes clusters , scaling up to thousands of nodes
Handle cluster degradation, recovery, resizing, and incident response using fleet management tools
Participate in a well-managed on-call rotation for critical incidents
Assist customers with Kubernetes questions, workload integration, storage, and authentication
Work closely with our HPC Ops and Datacenter Ops teams for low-level or cross-functional issues
Use Python and Golang to create tooling and automate the validation of platform quality.
Design, build, and maintain scalable control plane services, operators, and custom controllers for Kubernetes
Develop automation for cluster lifecycle management : provisioning, upgrades, patching, and deletion.
Define and implement SLOs and SLIs for Kubernetes services, workloads, and platform reliability.
You
6+ years of experience in a SRE, operations engineer, or similar role, with a deep knowledge of running Linux clusters and systems
Strong programming skills in Go and Python ; experience with GitOps (e.g., ArgoCD), Helm, and Kubernetes operators
Proven experience operating Kubernetes clusters in production environments (on-prem, EKS, GKE, or similar)
Can work either independently with limited direction or as part of a team
Can work with customers during incidents either via tickets, live messaging, or as part of a larger call.
Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, FluentBit , and CI/CD pipelines
Proven experience provisioning Kubernetes using tools such as kubeadm, Cluster API, or similar
Nice To Have
Deep Kubernetes expertise: CRDs, CSI, CNI, Kubernetes Operator Coding experience
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
- ·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
- ·Equal Opportunity Employer
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Lambda, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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