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Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Training Systems

Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco

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Frontier labonsite$350k–$475k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Design distributed training systems scaling across thousands of GPUs and nodes.
  • Maximize throughput and efficiency so every GPU cycle drives scientific progress.
  • Build reusable frameworks to improve reliability and scalability of training.

What they offer

  • Generous health, dental, and vision benefits
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • Relocation support as needed

Ideal candidate

Systems-minded engineer energized by large-scale ML who takes end-to-end ownership to make training fast and reliable. Collaborative and action-biased, you care about removing bottlenecks so researchers can focus on science.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, electrical engineering, statistics, machine learning, physics, robotics, or similar
  • Strong engineering skills, ability to contribute performant, maintainable code and debug in complex codebases
  • Understanding of deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX) and their underlying system architectures
  • Thrive in a highly collaborative environment involving many different cross-functional partners and subject matter experts
  • A bias for action with a mindset to take initiative to work across different stacks and different teams
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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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