Security Engineer - Architecture at Lambda

San Francisco, California, United States

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$296,000 – $445,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud ComputingIndustries

Requirements

  • Ability to design and document comprehensive security patterns, standards, and implementation guides
  • Experience conducting security design reviews and developing threat models for critical systems
  • Skills in creating clear security requirements and acceptance criteria for engineering teams
  • Capability to prototype and implement security controls, tools, and automation
  • Familiarity with leveraging LLMs or AI for security capabilities like automated threat modeling and AI-assisted reviews
  • Strong collaboration skills with Product Engineering, Platform Engineering, and Technical Program Managers
  • Ability to develop customer-facing security documentation, architecture whitepapers, and technical content
  • Experience mentoring or coaching engineers on secure design principles

Responsibilities

  • Drive Security Architecture: Design and document comprehensive security patterns, standards, and implementation guides that engineering teams can adopt to build secure-by-default systems
  • Lead Security Reviews: Conduct security design reviews and develop threat models for critical systems, identifying risks and providing actionable recommendations
  • Develop Security Requirements: Create clear security requirements and acceptance criteria that integrate seamlessly into engineering development cycles
  • Build Security Solutions: Prototype and implement security controls, tools, and automation that demonstrate secure patterns and enable self-service security
  • Pioneer AI-Powered Architecture: Leverage Lambda's hosted LLMs to build next-generation security capabilities including automated threat modeling, AI-assisted security reviews, and intelligent architecture recommendations
  • Collaborate Across Engineering: Partner with Product and Platform Engineering teams to integrate security architecture requirements into their designs at optimal moments
  • Enable Customer Trust: Develop customer-facing security documentation, architecture whitepapers, and technical security content that demonstrates security maturity
  • Mentor Security Excellence: Coach engineers across the organization on secure design principles

Skills

Security Architecture
Threat Modeling
Security Design Reviews
Security Requirements
AI Infrastructure
LLM Security
Cloud Security

Lambda

Cloud-based GPU services for AI training

About Lambda

Lambda Labs provides cloud-based services for artificial intelligence (AI) training and inference, focusing on large language models and generative AI. Their main product, the AI Developer Cloud, utilizes NVIDIA's GH200 Grace Hopper™ Superchip to deliver efficient and cost-effective GPU resources. Customers can access on-demand and reserved cloud GPUs, which are essential for processing large datasets quickly, with pricing starting at $1.99 per hour for NVIDIA H100 instances. Lambda Labs serves AI developers and companies needing extensive GPU deployments, offering competitive pricing and infrastructure ownership options through their Lambda Echelon service. Additionally, they provide Lambda Stack, a software solution that simplifies the installation and management of AI-related tools for over 50,000 machine learning teams. The goal of Lambda Labs is to support AI development by providing accessible and efficient cloud GPU services.

San Jose, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2012Year Founded
$372.6MTotal Funding
DEBTCompany Stage
AI & Machine LearningIndustries
201-500Employees

Risks

Nebius' holistic cloud platform challenges Lambda's market share in AI infrastructure.
AWS's 896-core instance may draw customers seeking high-performance cloud solutions.
Existential crisis in Hermes 3 model raises concerns about Lambda's AI model reliability.

Differentiation

Lambda offers cost-effective Inference API for AI model deployment without infrastructure maintenance.
Nvidia HGX H100 and Quantum-2 InfiniBand Clusters enhance Lambda's AI model training capabilities.
Lambda's Hermes 3 collaboration showcases advanced AI model development expertise.

Upsides

Inference API launch attracts enterprises seeking low-cost AI deployment solutions.
Nvidia HGX H100 clusters provide competitive edge in high-performance AI computing.
Strong AI cloud service growth indicates rising demand for Lambda's GPU offerings.

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