Founding Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Thunder Compute; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous salary

Equity

Job summary

A cloud technology company in San Francisco is seeking an entry-level cloud infrastructure engineer to maintain and expand their GoLang-based infrastructure. The role involves managing production systems and requires proficiency in GoLang and Kubernetes. Ideal candidates will have a CS degree and a self-driven attitude. This full-time position offers a generous salary and equity.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience owning and operating production systems.
• Fast, detail-oriented execution with excellent communication skills.
• Self-driven attitude; you’ll own your work from day one.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and expand the GoLang-based infrastructure that powers the cloud platform.
• Work with Kubernetes deployment developing Go scripts for controls and auxiliary services.
• Own production systems, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with customers to diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues quickly.

Skills

GoLang proficiency

Kubernetes knowledge

Python experience

Next.js experience

Communication skills

Education

CS degree from a top-50 U.S. university

Job description

Company

Thunder Compute is the lowest‑cost, easiest GPU cloud for developers. We’re a 4‑person team with $4.5M raised from top‑tier investors including Y Combinator. Our platform lets customers rent GPUs like CoreWeave, Lambda, or AWS, while our virtualization software delivers up to 3× more efficient GPU utilization, giving the cloud higher margins without additional CapEx.

Role

As a cloud infrastructure engineer, you will work on the GoLang backbone for our cloud platform. Your days will involve solving customer problems, building resilient, stable production infrastructure, and owning broad scope across the platform. The role is fast‑paced and expects rapid learning from day one.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and expand the GoLang‑based infrastructure that powers our cloud platform.
• Work with our unconventional Kubernetes deployment used as a hypervisor, developing Go scripts for controls and auxiliary services (storage, billing, networking).
• Own production systems, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with customers to diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues quickly.

Must Haves

• Proficiency in GoLang; some Python and Next.js experience is helpful.
• Strong Kubernetes knowledge, especially with non‑standard deployments.
• Demonstrated experience owning and operating production systems.
• Fast, detail‑oriented execution with excellent communication skills.
• Self‑driven attitude; you’ll own your work from day one.

Preferred

• CS degree from a top‑50 U.S. university, 3.5+ GPA (Bachelor’s required).
• Background building high‑stakes production infrastructure for a trading firm or cloud provider.

Logistics

• Full‑time position with generous salary and equity.
• In‑person at our San Francisco office.
• Report to Co‑founder/CTO Brian (ex‑Citadel quant developer).

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Information Technology