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C++ Systems Engineer

About Thunder Compute

We are a GPU cloud provider, building proprietary virtualization software to use our GPUs 4x more efficiently than competitors. In other words, a systems research lab monetized with a cloud offering.

Job Description

We run a GPU cloud on systems software we built from scratch in C++. We're hiring for our systems engineering team; designing the distributed system behind what is essentially a hypervisor for GPUs. You'd report to Brian, our CTO (ex-Citadel Securities quant dev). Team is from Citadel Securities, Aquatic, Old Mission and AWS. Series A, $17.5M+ from Matrix and YC. Comp: $250–325K base, 0.1–0.3% equity, highly competitive profit-sharing bonus pool. Currently there are $3.3M in bonuses entering this pool tied to gross-profit milestones. Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/thundercompute/2efae53b-817c-43e7-9da3-72694813f608 More at https://www.thundercompute.com/careers. Mention HN when you apply.

Remote Conditions

Onsite in San Francisco

Location

San Francisco, CA

Salary

250K

 to 

325K

Benefits

Visa sponsorship; equity (0.1-0.3%); profit-sharing bonus pool

Tech Tags

Equity Offered

Date Listed

02 November, 2026 (about 7 hours ago)

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