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Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco

Frontier labonsite$275k–$325k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own onboarding end-to-end from offer acceptance to new hire training.
  • Build rigorous, seamless compliance and immigration case systems.
  • Design onboarding, manager training and coaching programs that scale culture.

What they offer

  • generous health, dental, and vision benefits
  • unlimited PTO
  • paid parental leave
  • relocation support as needed

Ideal candidate

Detail-obsessed people operator who treats HR systems as a craft and thrives in ambiguity. You bring sound judgment with sensitive matters and love building scalable, trust-building programs at fast-growing startups.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience in HR operations, people operations, or a related field
  • Strong knowledge of employment compliance, including I-9 requirements, state and federal regulations, and recordkeeping best practices
  • Experience supporting immigration processes in coordination with outside counsel
  • Hands-on experience with HRIS platforms (e.g., Rippling, Workday, SequoiaOne) and comfort evaluating new tools
  • Meticulous attention to detail, paired with an instinct for designing systems that fail gracefully and surface issues early
  • Ability to operate with ambiguity and make principled tradeoffs in fast-moving environments
  • Clear, concise written communication skills
  • Exercise sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive employee information and complex situations
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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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