Principal Product Manager – Networking

Lambda • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

We're here to help the smartest minds on the planet build Superintelligence. The labs pushing the edge? They run on Lambda. Our gear trains and serves their models, our infrastructure scales with them, and we move fast to keep up. If you want to work on massive, world-changing AI deployments with people who love action and hard problems, we're the place to be. If you'd like to build the world's best deep learning cloud, join us. This position requires presence in our San Francisco/San Jose/Seattle office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

Requirements

• 10-12+ years of product management experience, with significant focus on networking or cloud infrastructure.
• Proven experience owning networking services (Direct Connect, VPC, Load Balancers) in a cloud, hyperscaler, or large-scale infrastructure environment.
• Deep understanding of HPC/AI networking, including InfiniBand, RDMA/RoCE, and high-performance Ethernet.
• Strong technical fluency; able to collaborate directly with engineers and architects on design, tradeoffs, and performance.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate networking capabilities into customer value.
• Track record of launching and scaling customer-facing networking products with measurable adoption and reliability outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes networking at scale.
• Familiarity with SmartNICs, DPUs, or advanced offload technologies.
• Background in AI or HPC workload optimization and distributed systems.
• Exposure to storage networking (e.g., NVMe-oF over RDMA).

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and roadmap for core connectivity services including Direct Connect, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), and Load Balancers.
• Lead the evolution of InfiniBand (HDR/NDR), RoCE/RDMA, and low-latency Ethernet features to optimize distributed training and inference at scale.
• Build private, reliable, and secure networking for enterprise and hybrid environments — from subnets and routing to NAT, peering, and global traffic management.
• Drive encryption in transit, DDoS mitigation, observability, and enterprise compliance across all networking offerings.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and solutions teams to launch customer-ready services.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal