Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · New York
CHECKED 11H AGO
Frontier labonsite$300k–$400k
At a glance
Highlights
- Design distributed systems powering large-scale model training and inference.
- Own clusters training frontier models and multi-tenant serving behind Tinker.
- Work directly impacts how fast research and product teams can iterate.
What they offer
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Relocation support
Ideal candidate
A systems-minded builder who thrives with autonomy and ownership, energized by foundational infrastructure that accelerates AI research and products.
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 including consensus, consistency, fault tolerance and networking
- visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship available
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