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# Founding C++ Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Thunder, Llc
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Compilers, Software Debugging, Systems Theories, Performance Tuning, Virtualization Technology, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Vmware
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/founding-c-systems-engineer-san-francisco-ca--6ae34475-952a-43d4-a2ec-9867e7c19146

## About the Role

Systems Engineering, C++ Programming Language, Virtualization, GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Cloud Computing, VMWare, Startup, Problem Solving Skills, Performance Tuning/Optimization, C++ Programming Language, * Experience optimizing NIC/GPU performance

 * Deep understanding of low-level networking, compilers, and similar systems
 * Experience in latency-sensitive environments, * 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

## Description

You'll work on the C++ core of our virtualization stack: performance optimization, systems debugging, and research into oversubscription, checkpointing, and related problems.
You will spend your days bouncing between the weeds of complex, performance-critical systems in production, and implementing customer-facing product improvements. This work is not easy - but if you're the right candidate, this is a feature, not a bug., * You'll report to Co-founder/CTO Brian (ex-Citadel quant dev)