Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · New York
Frontier labonsite$300k–$400k
At a glance
Highlights
- Design and operate distributed systems for large-scale model training and serving.
- Build training clusters for frontier models and multi-tenant serving for Tinker.
- Own foundational infrastructure that helps research and product teams iterate fast.
What they offer
- Generous health, dental, and vision benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Relocation support as needed
Ideal candidate
Infrastructure-minded engineer who loves owning large-scale distributed systems end-to-end and thrives with high autonomy, turning complex research needs into reliable platforms that accelerate AI progress.
Requirements
- Demonstrated expertise designing and developing large-scale distributed systems
- Strong proficiency in Python and Go
- Experience building, deploying, and operating production infrastructure at scale
- Solid grounding in distributed systems fundamentals, such as consensus, consistency, fault tolerance, and networking
- 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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