Founding Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

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Base pay range

$200,000.00/yr - $300,000.00/yr

Company
Thunder Compute is the cheapest, easiest GPU cloud for developers. We’re a 4-person, seed-funded team (approaching Series A) with 100%+ MoM growth. In-person today in Atlanta; relocating to SF or NYC within ~6 months. Our virtualization stack exposes network-attached GPUs over TCP, letting us oversubscribe hardware and pass savings to users.
Role
Build our cloud infrastructure. You will work on a high-stakes, production system, where stability and maintainability are key. Directly interacting with customers, building new features, and supporting our explosive growth.
Responsibilities
Core technical skills:

• GoLang
• Kubernetes
• Experience owning production systems
• Full-stack experience
  

Must Haves

• Fast speed to output, with high attention to detail
• Potential for senior leadership as we scale
• Strong communication skills
• Self-driven (you'll own your work from day 1)
  

Preferred

• CS PhD/Masters from top 50 US university, 3.5+ GPA (Bachelor's required)
• 3+ years building infrastructure for a trading firm or cloud provider
  

Compensation

• Full-time, generous salary + equity.
• You'll report to Co-founder/CTO Brian (ex-Citadel quant dev).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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