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Lambda Salary

Lambda Salary

Lambda pays a median of $288K ($223K–$344K) across 90 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $223K–$344K salary range

Median: $288K  ·  Based on 90 public Lambda job postings  ·  Updated October 21, 2026


This Lambda salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Lambda · pay benchmark · updated October 21, 2026
$288K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$223K–$344K
Typical range
$540K view JD
Highest base · Senior Director, Product Management - Foundations
90
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+29
75 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 81% of roles mention equity · options, rsu
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$158K (12)
Senior
$298K (21)
Staff
$390K (18)
Management pay by function
Data Center Business
$237K (9)
Sales & Marketing
$223K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
data center business
$302K · $540K top (68)
sales & marketing
$243K · $370K top (6)
g&a
$223K · $365K top (16)
Pay by location
San Francisco $288K (50)Remote $249K (6)
Highest-paying skills
Product Roadmap $388KSoc 2 $331KKubernetes $322KGo $322KDocker $312KGrafana $311KPrometheus $311KPython $301K

Highest-paying open roles at Lambda

Lambda salary by department

  • data center business: $302K median · $540K top base — Senior Director, Product Management - Foundations (view JD) (68 roles)
  • sales & marketing: $243K median · $370K top base — Head of Content (view JD) (6 roles)
  • g&a: $223K median · $365K top base — Head of Tax (view JD) (16 roles)

Lambda engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $158K median · $395K top base — Security Engineer (view JD) (12)
  • Senior: $298K median · $395K top base — Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise Security (view JD) (21)
  • Staff: $390K median · $500K top base — Principal Product Manager - Console (view JD) (18)

Lambda salary by location

  • San Francisco: $288K median · $465K top base — Staff Electrical Engineer - Low Voltage (view JD) (50 roles)
  • Remote: $249K median · $425K top base — Account CTO (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Lambda

7% of Lambda's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $249K median vs $113K onsite.

What Lambda looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (21) · Go (15) · Kubernetes (8) · CI/CD (6) · Product Roadmap (5) · Terraform (5) · User Stories (4) · Docker (4) · SQL (4) · Team Leadership (4).

Benefits & perks at Lambda

Commonly listed: dental (90) · vision (90) · 401k (90) · pto (90).

About Lambda

Lambda is Series E stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2012 · HQ San Jose, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Lambda

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 7 that do, Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 81% of these postings reference equity (options, rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Lambda total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Lambda hiring activity

Lambda has 90 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 90 public job postings with disclosed pay. 29 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (75 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Lambda's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs LambdaStage
CoreWeave$184K↓ -36%Public
Fluidstack$223K↓ -23%Late Stage
Vast.ai$155K↓ -46%Seed
Crusoe$180K↓ -37%Series E
nScale$195K↓ -32%Series C
Lightmatter$214K↓ -26%Series D

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Common questions

What does Lambda pay?
The median pay is $288K, with a typical range of $223K–$344K, based on 90 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Lambda?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director, Product Management - Foundations, at $365K–$540K base.

Which team pays the most at Lambda?
The data center business team, at a $302K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 90 public Lambda job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed October 21, 2026.

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