C++ Systems Engineer

Thunder Compute (YC S24) San Francisco (Onsite)

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Posted 02 Nov 2026

Last seen 02 Nov 2026

Location San Francisco (Onsite)

Lifecycle fresh

Grade C

Why this grade This listing scored 57/100, which is a C. It lost the most ground on pay transparency. See the breakdown

Freshness 15 / 15 How recently it was posted. Older postings are likelier to be filled or abandoned.
Description depth 14 / 20 How much the posting actually says about the work, measured in characters of real text.
Pay transparency 12 / 25 A published salary range, worth more than any other single factor because it is what a candidate cannot find out without applying.
Remote clarity 8 / 15 Whether "remote" means anywhere, or is quietly restricted to one country.
Corroboration 5 / 10 Whether more than one source carries this listing.
Role specificity 3 / 10 Whether the listing is tagged well enough to tell what the role actually is.

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$129k – $205k

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52/100 HR standards 78/100 Title ↔ description 92/100 Fit to the official role

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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
If you're cracked at systems software and want to do something more meaningful than creating liquidity, reach out.
More at https://www.thundercompute.com/careers. Mention HN when you apply.

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