Thinking Machines Lab

Research Engineer, Developer Experience, Tinker

San Francisco

H1B sponsorship available$350k-$475kDetected 6 days ago

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About the role

You'll write and update cookbook recipes, add library features, prototype integrations, and ensure users can customize models smoothly.
This role is a bridge between Tinker users and our research and infrastructure teams.
You'll surface user patterns to guide product and infrastructure priorities, and share what you learn through blog posts, demos, and code examples.

Write, test, and maintain high-quality code examples, recipes, and documentation in the Tinker cookbook.
Work directly with a variety of users to debug technical issues and optimize their fine-tuning pipelines.
Partner with internal research and infra teams to identify and prioritize improvements to Tinker's developer experience.
Build tools, integrations, and demos that reduce user friction and make it easy to experiment and deploy models.
Help develop Tinker's near-term roadmap and long-term product strategy.
We're hiring a research engineer focused on developer experience to build Tinker while using Tinker - working hands-on with real users and turning their challenges into product improvements.

You might demonstrate that you have it if you:
Are thoughtful about developer experience, with clear ideas around developer ergonomics, onboarding flow, and sharp edges.
Are passionate about engaging with open-source communities, whether by contributing code, answering questions, or sharing learnings.
Have written public or internal code examples, tutorials, or papers that helped others understand and apply technical concepts.
Are comfortable reasoning about model training, fine-tuning, and inference, and can credibly discuss tradeoffs between different approaches.
Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas.
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.
As set forth in Thinking Machines' Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Thinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence.
About Tinker

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

Thinking Machines offers generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.
Tinker is flexible by design to empower novel and ambitious use cases for model fine-tuning - your job is to help them succeed.

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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