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Research Infrastructure Engineer, Research Acceleration

Thinking Machines Lab· Research Infrastructure (ML Infra)
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San Francisco, CA, New York, NY$350k - $475kFull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Research Infrastructure Engineer role at Thinking Machines Lab focused on building and operating internal research infrastructure to accelerate research velocity, including evaluation libraries, RL training libraries, experiment tracking, and related tooling. Collaborative role partnering with researchers to identify bottlenecks and deliver reliable, scalable systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate research infrastructure including evaluation frameworks, RL training systems, experiment tracking platforms, visualization tools, and shared utilities.
  • Develop high-throughput, scalable pipelines for distributed evaluation, reward modeling, and multimodal assessment.
  • Build systems for reproducibility, traceability, and robust quality control across research experiments and model training runs. Implement monitoring and observability.
  • Partner directly with researchers to identify bottlenecks and unlock new capabilities. Own research tooling like a product manager, proactively seeking feedback and tracking adoption.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, data, and product teams to integrate tools across the technical stack.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, machine learning, or similar.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals with a track record of building reliable, maintainable systems.
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python or Rust).
  • Comfort operating across the stack and owning projects end-to-end.
  • Experience in highly collaborative environments involving many different cross-functional partners and subject matter experts.

Skills

Required:Backend programmingSystems design
Nice to have:Distributed systemsTooling for researchers

Benefits

  • generous health, dental, and vision benefits
  • unlimited PTO
  • paid parental leave
  • relocation support as needed
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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