Senior Optical Engineering Manager

Role description

Role Overview

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.

What You Will Do

Own optical networking planning, delivery and operation end to end — and be accountable for capacity landing ahead of demand. Build and lead the organization that delivers it: hire, develop and retain engineers and the leaders who manage them, and design the team structure as the org grows.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Have 5+ years of optical engineering management experience. Proven track record of building and scaling engineering organizations that deliver mission-critical, high-performance cloud connectivity serving millions of users.

Requirements

• 5+ years of optical engineering management experience
• Proven track record of building and scaling engineering organizations that deliver mission-critical, high-performance cloud connectivity serving millions of users
• Familiarity designing, building, scaling and operating large-scale networks
• Strong automation skills and track record accelerating a business delivery velocity on a large scale
• Have a track record of building high-performing teams in fast-moving, technically demanding environments
• Are skilled at translating ambiguous business and product goals into clear team priorities and executable engineering plans
• Show strong judgment about when to go deep technically, when to delegate, and when to escalate
• Track record of successful project and product delivery in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
• Excellent communicator both written and verbal. You leverage high quality written artifacts to inform high quality decision making and get approval on problems and solution opportunities

Benefits

• Generous cash & equity compensation
• 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