Thunder Compute

Virtualization software to make GPUs 5x cheaper

Systems Engineer

$120K - $150K / 1.00% - 1.50%
Location
Atlanta, GA, US
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Any (new grads ok)
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Carl Peterson
Carl Peterson
Founder

About the role

Systems Engineer (Full-Time)

Company description


Thunder Compute is a Y-Combinator backed AI-infrastructure startup. We are creating technology to improve GPU utilization through sharing and oversubscription at the CUDA API layer.

Our core software lets us network-attach GPUs over TCP. This lets us allocate compute wherever it is needed most, leading to utilization gains of 5x+, with minimal performance overhead. We believe servers using dedicated GPUs is archaic, and plan to scale our virtualization software to every data center GPU in the world.

This is a $100B+ opportunity, with a problem that uniquely boils down to technical execution. In this systems engineering role, you would be employee #2, working on our core virtualization software.

If you are a top 0.1% systems engineer, looking for a problem that can be solved through sheer technical execution, this is the single highest potential opportunity on the market.

Job description

You will report directly to Co-founder and CTO Brian (ex-citadel quant dev). You likely have prior experience in quant dev, at NVIDIA, or similar. You are fed up working as a cog in a machine, you’d rather make a bet on your technical chops and change the world than take the $600K TC alternatives sitting in front of you.

If this role is a fit, you know who you are.

Responsibilities

Core

  • Skills:
    • Top 0.1% systems chops
    • C++
    • Deep knowledge of hardware and GPU Architecture
    • Experience working in extremely low-level, latency-sensitive environments (hedge fund, NVIDIA, hardware research, or similar)

Soft skills

  • High potential to grow into a senior leadership position as the company expands
    • Communication
    • Flexibility
  • Self-motivation (we expect you to drive your own work and contribute from day 1)

Preferred pre-requisites

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from a top ~50 U.S. university, 3.5+ GPA
  • Systems and hardware experience
  • 1+ year of experience at a hedge fund, hardware company (e.g., NVIDIA, AMD), or similar preferred

Compensation

This roll is full-time, on-site at our headquarters in Atlanta, GA, salaried with stock options. Thunder GPU, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and adheres to all applicable employment laws.

About Thunder Compute

Thunder Compute is a cloud computing platform that makes GPUs cheaper and easier to use. We do this with proprietary software to virtualize GPUs over a network.

Benefits:

  • User never pay for idle GPUs
  • No need for CUDA drivers
  • Switch GPUs with one command
Thunder Compute
Founded:2024
Batch:S24
Team Size:3
Status:
Active
Location:Atlanta, GA
Founders
Brian Model
Brian Model
Founder
Carl Peterson
Carl Peterson
Founder