Senior Optical Engineering Manager

The role

The Senior Optical Engineering Manager will lead the building of the backbone and customer interconnectivity. This person will own optical networking planning, delivery, and operation end to end while building and leading an engineering organization.

What you will do

• Own optical networking planning, delivery and operation end to end
• Build and lead the organization by hiring, developing and retaining engineers
• Set the multi-year technical strategy for optical capacity automation
• Convert manual process into durable software
• Own the operational bar for the organization
• Manage through leads and senior ICs
• Partner with the Interconnect team
• Partner with Principal Engineers and technical leadership
• Partner with Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Data Center Operations, Product and Finance
• Represent the organization's work to senior leadership and customers

Required qualifications

• 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
• Track record of building high-performing teams in fast-moving, technically demanding environments
• Skilled at translating ambiguous business and product goals into clear team priorities and executable engineering plans
• 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

Nice to have

• Experience in GPU cloud, HPC, or AI/ML infrastructure environments
• Familiarity with large-scale data center or cloud networking — fabric build-out, capacity modelling, or network supply chain
• Experience with infrastructure capacity forecasting and long-lead hardware planning
• Prior experience at a high-growth infrastructure or cloud company

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

About the company

Lambda is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Founded in 2012, the company has 500+ employees and is growing fast.