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Software Engineer, Sandboxing

Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · New York

CHECKED 11H AGO

Frontier labonsite$300k–$350k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build isolated execution environments where models run code and use tools.
  • Own sandboxing platform end-to-end supporting thousands of concurrent executions.
  • Ensure fast, secure execution for researcher training and external Tinker users.

What they offer

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

Ideal candidate

Systems-minded engineer who thrives owning critical infrastructure end-to-end and collaborating across research and product. Cares deeply about building fast, secure, dependable execution for AI agents that take action in the world.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or similar
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language (we use Python or Rust)
  • Experience building or operating isolation or virtualization technology, such as containers, microVMs (e.g. Firecracker, Cloud Hypervisor), or sandboxed runtimes (e.g. gVisor, Kata Containers)
  • Solid grounding in Linux internals relevant to isolation: namespaces, cgroups, seccomp, capabilities, and networking
  • Comfort operating across the stack and owning projects end-to-end
  • Thrive in a highly collaborative environment involving many, different cross-functional partners and subject matter experts
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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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