Thinking Machines Lab

Thinking Machines Lab

Software Engineer, Developer Productivity, AI Tools

San Francisco

H1B sponsorship available$350k-$475kDetected 4 days ago
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About the role

  • The scope of this role includes both setting up company-wide platforms and working with developers to accelerate their individual workflows.
  • Note: This is an "evergreen role" that we keep open on an on-going basis to express interest.

Responsibilities

  • Standardize AI coding tools, such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. You will help configure, harden, and maintain the best tools, integrating org-wide configurations with individual preferences.
  • Help individual contributors develop their personalized AI-enabled workflow.
  • Experience developing productivity tools and best practices for large codebases.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and work with researchers to build and manage a variety of internal tools.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience in computer science, engineering, or similar.

Nice to have

  • we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all preferred qualifications, but at least some:
  • Hands-on experience with container platforms (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes), modern CI (GitHub Actions/Buildkite), and package management tools (uv).
  • Practical experience with AI coding tools and model APIs (e.g. OSS via vLLM / SGLang / TGI).
  • Solid Linux/networking fundamentals
  • comfort with secrets management and safe egress.
  • Proficiency in systems programming languages (e.g. Rust) and scripting languages (e.g. Python).

Skills

  • Thinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence.
  • The main focus are AI tools and coding agents.

Compensation

  • Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $350,000 - $475,000 USD.

Benefits

  • Thinking Machines offers generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • While we can't guarantee success for every candidate or role, if you're the right fit, we're committed to working through the visa process together.
  • We sponsor visas.
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