Thinking Machines Lab
Developer Experience Engineer
San Francisco
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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 teams.
- You'll surface user patterns to guide product and infrastructure priorities, and share what you learn through blog posts, demos, and code examples.
Responsibilities
- Write, test, and maintain high-quality code examples, recipes, and documentation in the Tinker cookbook https://github.com/thinking-machines-lab/tinker-cookbook/tree/main/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.
- Enabling user success in building on top of an advanced platform is a skill that can be developed through many paths.
Requirements
- You might demonstrate that you have it if you:
- Experienced with fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) with supervised and reinforcement learning, and how to tune the hyperparameters of these algorithms.
- Experienced with developing software libraries, especially open-source libraries.
- 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.
Compensation
- Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $300,000 - $350,000 USD.
Benefits
- Thinking Machines offers generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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.
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