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Software Engineer, Developer Productivity, AI Tools

Thinking Machines Lab· Core Engineering, Product, and Infrastructure
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San Francisco, CA$350k - $475kfull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Role focused on advancing internal software development productivity with AI tools and coding agents. Partner with platform, security, and product engineers to build tooling for AI-assisted software development, and make the inner loop faster. Evergreen role with ongoing opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Enable researchers and engineers to leverage AI to improve coding productivity without compromising code quality
  • Standardize AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Codex); configure, harden, and maintain org-wide tool configurations while accommodating individual preferences
  • Build secure, reproducible agent sandboxes for remote development and CI testing
  • Set up golden-path dev environments and guardrails for secrets/PII
  • Help individual contributors develop their personalized AI-enabled workflow
  • Track tool usage, reliability, and cost

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience in computer science, engineering, or similar
  • Experience developing productivity tools and best practices for large codebases
  • Ability to communicate clearly and work with researchers to build and manage internal tools

Skills

Required:Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (computer science, engineering)Experience developing productivity tools for large codebasesAbility to communicate with researchers to build internal tools
Nice to have:Container platforms (Docker/Kubernetes)Modern CI (GitHub Actions/Buildkite)Package management tools (uv)AI coding tools and model APIs (OSS via vLLM / SGLang / TGI)Linux/networking fundamentalsRustPython

Benefits

  • Generous health, dental, and vision benefits
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • Relocation support as needed
Last updated Jul 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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