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Founding C++ Systems Engineer

Thunder Compute

San FranciscoOn-site8mo ago
Employment
Full-time

About the role

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Role

Core technical skills:

  • Top 0.1% C++ ability
  • Experience optimizing NIC/GPU performance
  • Deep understanding of low-level networking, compilers, and similar systems
  • Experience in latency-sensitive environments

Must haves:

  • You’ve got the dog in you: you will own your work and be responsible for production systems from day 1
  • High speed-to-output
  • Willingness to assume a senior leadership role as we scale
  • Strong communication skills under pressure

Preferred

  • CS Bachelor’s degree from top 50 US university, 3.5+ GPA
  • 1+ year of experience at a trading firm (Citadel, Jane Street, etc.), hardware company (NVIDIA, SambaNova), systems research or similar

Logistics

  • You'll report to Co-founder/CTO Brian (ex-Citadel quant dev)
  • This role is full-time, in-person in SF
  • 6 days a week in-office; we understand this is asking a lot; we find in-person work lets us learn more and build a better product.

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