Engineering Manager
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco
Frontier labonsitemanager$450k–$500k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead and grow a team building reliable, performant AI systems.
- Own architecture and technical direction for large-scale systems.
- Partner with researchers to shape frontier AI roadmaps.
What they offer
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Relocation support
Ideal candidate
Seasoned engineering leader who thrives guiding senior talent while staying hands-on with system design. You care about reliability, mentorship, and building AI that extends human capability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience in computer science, engineering, or similar
- 8+ years of experience building and scaling production systems, including system design and distributed systems
- 3+ years of engineering management experience in high-growth environments
- Experience managing teams of senior or staff-level engineers
- Background in infrastructure, systems engineering, or developer productivity
- Familiarity with AI/ML systems, data infrastructure, or high-performance computing
- Track record of building or contributing to widely used systems, platforms, or tools
- visa sponsorship
- We sponsor visas.
Lab profile
About Thinking Machines Lab
Builds frontier AI that extends human will and judgment through customizable models and interfaces.
What they build
- Inkling frontier models
- Tinker model customization
- Human-AI communication interfaces
Known for
- Frontier model training
- Post-training and reinforcement learning
- Evaluation infrastructure
- GPU supercomputing and reliability
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