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Founding C++ Systems Engineer
Thunder Compute
San FranciscoOn-site8mo ago
- Employment
- Full-time
About the role
Company
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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