Internal Tools & Data Product Analyst

lambda · San Francisco Office (Fremont St)

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Role at a Glance

Lambda needs someone to close the data gap that widens as companies scale — inconsistent metrics, spreadsheet-driven workflows, and a growing backlog of unaddressed tool requests. This hybrid San Francisco role (4 days on-site) builds self-serve reporting products, automates manual workflows, and writes engineering specs for handoffs. You'll also ship lightweight fixes directly. Salary: $150,000–$200,000 per year.

About This Role

At Lambda, rapid growth means every team eventually inherits manually refreshed reports and spreadsheet workarounds that never quite converge. The Internal Tools & Data Product Analyst exists to systematically close that gap. You'll work directly with business teams to align on metric definitions, translate those agreements into live self-serve dashboards, and identify workflows ripe for automation before they become someone's second full-time job. Some of what you build you'll ship yourself using lightweight code or no-code tooling; the rest you'll scope into a precise engineering spec and hand off to a technical partner.

About Lambda

Lambda has been building AI cloud infrastructure since 2012 and now counts more than 500 employees across a fast-growing organization. The company's stated mission is to make compute as universally accessible as electricity — serving individual researchers, enterprises, and hyperscalers alike. Backers include NVIDIA, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, In-Q-Tel, and more than a dozen other institutional and strategic investors. Lambda's research team publishes at leading venues including NeurIPS, ICCV, and SIGGRAPH. The company's values are publicly posted at lambda.ai/careers.

What You'll Do

  • Partner with business stakeholders to agree on what key metrics actually mean and establish a single trusted source for each
  • Define requirements for converting manually maintained reports into live, exec-ready dashboards — including drill-down from summary numbers into underlying detail
  • Triage and prioritize which reporting workflows to automate first, weighted by how manual, stale, or error-prone each currently is
  • Identify spreadsheet-driven processes worth automating and own the fix from initial scoping through delivery
  • Decide per initiative whether to build directly (lightweight scripting, no-code platforms, AI-assisted coding) or write a spec for a technical partner
  • Document opportunities where an AI agent or automation could replace manual coordination steps, feeding the team's broader automation roadmap
  • Manage the incoming tool-request pipeline: collect, triage, and rank requests by impact relative to effort
  • Maintain a visible, current roadmap so stakeholders understand sequencing and rationale
  • Build working relationships with supported teams so prioritization stays grounded in real operational needs

What Lambda Is Looking For

  • Early-career background in product, business operations, analytics, or technical program management
  • Hands-on comfort with data, spreadsheets, and lightweight tooling — SQL, no-code platforms, and AI coding assistants
  • Experience designing a workflow or tool from the end user's perspective, not only from the data side
  • Demonstrated track record of shipping something concrete — a tool, a process fix, or an internal script — rather than only recommending one
  • Judgment to distinguish a technically correct solution from one people will actually adopt and return to
  • Ability to weigh impact against effort across a noisy, competing backlog
  • Comfort using AI-assisted coding tools to ship small deliverables independently
  • Strong cross-functional relationship-building skills
  • Clear written communication for specs, roadmaps, and requirements documents

Skills Breakdown: Must-Haves vs. Context

The non-negotiable technical floor is SQL and spreadsheet fluency — this is an analyst-track role, not a software engineering position. No-code platform experience and hands-on use of AI-assisted coding tools (Cursor, Copilot, or equivalent) are explicitly listed as must-haves. The real differentiator Lambda is screening for is end-user judgment: can you tell a technically correct dashboard from one an executive opens every week? The role is framed as early-career in profile but carries a San Francisco senior-IC salary band ($150K–$200K), signaling Lambda is optimizing for shipping instinct and cross-functional effectiveness over years of tenure.

Salary & Compensation

Lambda has published a base salary band of $150,000–$200,000 per year for this position. The company notes the actual offer may fall above or below this range for candidates whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed. In addition to base salary, the role includes equity — though specific grant size and vesting schedule were not disclosed in the job description. No details on signing bonus or annual performance bonus were provided. Candidates should discuss the full compensation structure directly with Lambda's recruiting team during the interview process.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance for the employee and their dependents
  • Wellness stipend (select roles)
  • Commuter stipend (select roles)
  • 401(k) plan with 2% company match (US employees)
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Cash and equity compensation package

Location & Work Model

This role is based at Lambda's San Francisco office on Fremont Street. The current policy requires four days per week in the office; Tuesday is the company-designated remote day. Although the role carries a remote-eligible signal, the four-day in-office requirement makes this a hybrid arrangement for SF-based or SF-commutable candidates. No relocation assistance or visa sponsorship details were included in the job posting — candidates with questions on either point should confirm directly with Lambda's recruiting team.

Frequently asked questions

Is this role fully remote?

No. The role currently requires four days per week in Lambda's San Francisco office on Fremont Street, with Tuesday as the company-designated work-from-home day. Candidates must be able to commute to San Francisco regularly.

Do I need a software engineering background to apply?

Not strictly. Lambda is targeting early-career candidates from product, business operations, analytics, or technical program management backgrounds. Core technical requirements are SQL, comfort with spreadsheets, no-code tools, and AI-assisted coding — not traditional software engineering credentials. The key differentiator is a track record of shipping real fixes rather than only recommending them.

What does success look like in this role?

Lambda lists four explicit success measures: a reduction in manual, spreadsheet-driven work across supported teams; increased trust and adoption of dashboards and reporting; a tool-request pipeline that is visible, current, and stakeholder-trusted; and measurable time saved per reporting or workflow cycle.

What is the salary for this position?

Lambda has published a base salary range of $150,000–$200,000 per year. The company notes the actual offer may fall above or below this band for candidates whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed. Equity is also part of the compensation package, though specific grant details were not disclosed in the posting.

Does Lambda provide visa sponsorship for this role?

Visa sponsorship details were not included in the job description. Candidates who require sponsorship should contact Lambda's recruiting team directly to clarify eligibility before applying.

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