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Thunder Compute (YC S24) | C++ Systems Engineer | San Francisco (Onsite) | Full-time | Visa sponsorship
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HR standards
52/100
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Title ↔ description
78/100
solid
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Backend Engineer
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What this role officially is
software developer — ESCO, the EU occupation classification
Software developers implement or program all kinds of software systems based on specifications and designs by using programming languages, tools, and platforms.
Also known as: application developer, application programmer, solutions developer, programmer, software specialist, application software developer
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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.
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.