--- title: 'Controller at Lambda' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/controller-lambda-san-jose-6aq9p2xm7a59' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-18' --- # Controller at Lambda - **Company:** Lambda - **Location:** San Jose, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-15 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lambda/8ab19cf3-2cfc-400d-9edc-559c99293114 ## Job description Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU. If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us. *Note: This position requires presence in both our San Jose or San Francisco office locations, for a combined 4 days per week. Lambda is seeking an experienced Controller to lead and scale our accounting organization during a pivotal stage of growth. Reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer, this role will play a critical leadership position in building a best-in-class controllership function to support a rapidly expanding, multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure platform. As Lambda continues to scale GPU cloud services, enterprise contracts, and capital-intensive data center infrastructure, this role will ensure accounting excellence and operational rigor built to support long-term strategic ambitions. The Controller will bring strong judgment, deep operational expertise, and the ability to build systems, processes, and teams that operate at public-company standards. This is a hands-on leadership opportunity for someone excited to build, elevate, and modernize a high-performing accounting organization in a dynamic, fast-scaling environment. ## What You’ll Do - Lead all aspects of accounting operations, including general ledger, revenue recognition, fixed assets, and lease accounting. - Oversee a timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual close process across multiple entities and product lines - Lead the evolution of systems, automation, AI, and ERP optimization to improve accounting’s accuracy, efficiency, and scalability - Design, implement, and continuously strengthen internal controls and accounting policies to support SOX compliance and long-term reporting scalability - Partner closely with Legal, FP&A, Operations, Supply Chain, Treasury, and other cross-functional leaders to ensure accounting implications are thoughtfully considered in strategic decisions - Establish and manage relationships with external auditors and help oversee annual audits and quarterly reviews - Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing accounting team with a culture of accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement - Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Chief Accounting Officer and executive leadership on accounting matters - Also serve as a partner to the Head of Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting, and the Head of Tax, both of whom also report to the Chief Accounting Officer. You - 15+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public accounting and senior leadership in a high-growth technology company - Experience operating in or preparing an organization for public-company standards - Deep technical expertise in US GAAP, including revenue recognition, fixed assets, leases, and complex commercial arrangements - Strong knowledge of internal controls and SOX compliance - Proven ability to build and scale accounting teams in fast-moving environments - CPA required; Big 4 background strongly preferred - Strong executive presence and ability to communicate complex accounting topics clearly to cross-functional leaders ## Nice to Have - Experience in AI infrastructure, cloud computing, hardware, or other capital-intensive environments - Experience with multi-entity and international operations - ERP implementation or post-implementation optimization experience (NetSuite preferred) - Experience partnering closely with Treasury and Capital Markets functions Salary Range Information 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. ## About Lambda - Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast - 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) - Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use ## Equal Opportunity Employer Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law. ## About Lambda ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Lambda builds supercomputers and cloud infrastructure for training and deploying large-scale AI models, from single GPUs to gigawatt-scale AI factories. - **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly disclosed; founded by ML engineers) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: 2012 - **Founders**: Stephen Balaban and Michael Balaban ## Core Business - Primary industry: AI infrastructure / cloud computing for machine learning. - Target customers: Frontier AI labs building large foundation models, hyperscalers scaling global AI infrastructure, and enterprises deploying AI in regulated industries (B2B, Enterprise). - Mission: “Make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone in America the power of superintelligence” (also “One person, one GPU”). ## Products & Services - **The Superintelligence Cloud**: A suite of cloud computing offerings specifically built for AI workloads, including: - **GPU Instances**: On-demand NVIDIA HGX B200, H100, and GB300 NVL72 instances for prototyping and testing. - **Managed Clusters**: Dedicated, single-tenant clusters (e.g., NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, HGX B200/H100) with full management and co-engineering from Lambda’s team. - **1-Click Clusters™**: Rapidly deployable clusters for training and inference. - **Superclusters**: Large-scale AI factories integrating high-density power, liquid cooling, and high-bandwidth interconnects. - **AI Infrastructure Hardware**: Modular AI factory designs and NVIDIA-based systems for on-premise or colocation deployment. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total funding not publicly available; revenue not disclosed. - **Notable Customers/Partners**: “World’s most advanced AI organizations” (frontier labs, hyperscalers, regulated enterprises). Leadership includes former executives from cloud and networking companies. - **Growth Signals**: Active hiring across engineering, storage, security, and procurement roles; building AI factories at gigawatt scale; SOC 2 Type II certified; expanding from San Francisco to San Jose, CA. ## Competitive Advantages - **AI‑First DNA**: 100% of engineering, operations, and support dedicated to AI – founded by ML engineers in 2012. - **Single‑Tenant Isolation**: Shared‑nothing architecture for security and performance, with hardware‑level isolation. - **Full‑Stack Expertise**: Co‑engineering from the same team building the infrastructure, enabling deep optimization for large training runs. - **Hacker Culture**: Rooted in the Noisebridge hackerspace values of do‑ocracy, low ego, and “be excellent to each other.” - **Performance**: Rack‑scale NVIDIA systems (GB300, B200, H100) with high‑speed interconnects (NVIDIA Quantum‑2 InfiniBand). ## Strategic Focus - Scaling infrastructure to support the next generation of superintelligence, including gigawatt‑scale AI factories. - Enabling frontier labs to train trillion‑parameter models and serve billions of tokens in production. - Expanding compliance and security capabilities for regulated industries. - Growing the cloud platform (The Superintelligence Cloud) as the primary go‑to‑market offering. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Hacker ethos (Noisebridge roots), low ego, no yelling, no politics, no crypto. Values: build, move fast, care, be excellent to each other. - **Work Environment**: Fast‑paced, high‑change, outcome‑focused. Emphasis on technical excellence and curiosity. Anonymous feedback encouraged. - **Interview Process**: Clear, structured steps (recruiter chat → hiring manager → technical assessment → panel interviews → reference/offer). Pedigree is not everything; focus on what you’ve built. - **Location & Remote**: Offices in San Francisco and San Jose, CA. FAQ page addresses remote/hybrid policy (details not provided in available snippets); some roles appear on‑site. - **Perks**: Benefits, time off, and other perks are listed on the careers site (specifics not extracted here). ## Sources 1. [lambda.ai/about](https://lambda.ai/about) 2. [lambda.ai/](https://lambda.ai/) 3. [lambda.ai/careers](https://lambda.ai/careers) 4. 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