Engineering Manager

Artificial-intelligence research and product company building customizable AI systems, including the Tinker training API and Inkling open-weight models.

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About Thinking Machines Lab

Thinking Machines Lab develops AI products that let researchers and developers fine-tune and use models, while also releasing open-weight multimodal models.

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About the Role

You will lead senior and staff engineers working across ML infrastructure and product. You will set technical direction, own system architecture and execution, contribute to critical design and debugging work, partner on roadmaps, and hire and mentor engineering talent.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience in computer science, engineering, or a similar field
  • 8+ years of experience building and scaling production systems
  • Experience with system design and distributed systems
  • 3+ years of engineering management experience in high-growth environments

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow a team of senior and staff-level engineers
  • Set clear expectations and maintain a high bar for execution
  • Own architecture, system design, and long-term technical direction
  • Contribute to design reviews, prototyping, and debugging critical issues
  • Partner with researchers and product teams to define roadmaps and prioritize work
  • Hire senior engineering talent
  • Mentor engineers into technical leaders

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship
  • Health benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • Relocation support