Engineering Manager, Lambda

• 5+ years in a full-time management role at a high-growth technology company
• 10+ years of industry experience in software engineering, with a focus on large-scale distributed systems and backend systems
• Proven record of leading and building engineering teams that work on mission-critical, high performance systems
• Proven track record leading teams that deliver enterprise features or governance platforms
• Exceptional leadership skills that encompass leading by trust, building empathy with your reports and other teams, and maintaining a sustainable but rapid velocity
• Demonstrated expertise in managing long-term projects alongside urgent, short-term priorities and incident resolution
• Extensive experience collaborating with product, sales, and other engineering teams to build cohesive products with a focus on user experience and reliability
• Ability to understand, review and structure Python and Go applications
• You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills

Desirable

• 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
• Lead the AI Cloud Core Platform team of ~6 engineers, with end-to-end ownership of Cloud Platform and governance capabilities
• Drive execution of roadmap features including cluster lifecycle automation
• Partner closely with Product and Design to ensure the user experience matches the needs of enterprise customers
• Balance rapid feature delivery with longer-term investments in scalability, observability, and platform design
• Hire, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, providing career development and feedback
• Collaborate with other Lambda teams (Control Plane, Billing, Platform) to ensure smooth, integrated delivery across the stack
• Contribute to a culture of high performance, documentation, humility, and curiosity
• Be product-focused in your leadership and execution, always placing the needs of the customer first, with a particular focus on feature velocity, reliability and security
• Shape a culture of sustainable, empathetic, and high-velocity engineering, with a deep focus on cross-team collaboration, documentation, and data-driven decision-making