Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Training Systems
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco
CHECKED 12H AGO
Frontier labonsite$350k–$475k
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
- 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