Hiring: Director, Network Capacity Automation Company: Lambda Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 12:30:51 Target Skills & Keywords : Lambda, Machine Learning About the job Experience: •8+ years of engineering management experience, including directly managing senior individual contributors Required Skills: •Own network capacity end to end — planning, delivery, turn-up and lifecycle — 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 •Set the multi-year technical strategy for capacity automation to ensure it continually scales •Convert manual process into durable software — the goal is a capacity pipeline that runs without heroics, not a better-organised set of runbooks •Own the operational bar for your org: how capacity work is planned, reviewed, shipped, measured and learned from when it goes wrong •Manage through leads and senior ICs, developing both — regular 1:1s, clear performance feedback, growth planning, and sponsorship of meaningful work •Partner and support our Interconnect team who negotiate, acquire and coordinate on external connectivity •Partner with Principal Engineers and technical leadership to maintain a high engineering bar across design, code quality and operational reliability Qualifications: •Deep familiarity with large-scale data center or cloud networking — fabric build-out, capacity modelling, or network supply chain •Prior experience at a high-growth infrastructure or cloud company •The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description. •Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove •We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG •Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers •We offer 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) Compensation: •$399,000 - $590,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!