# Software Engineer, Research Tools

**Company:** [Thinking Machines Lab](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/thinking-machines-lab)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $300k – $475k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Python, Rust, React, TypeScript, ClickHouse, Redis, Databases, Data Pipelines, ML Infrastructure, Monitoring And Observability
**Posted:** 2026-08-26

> Build full-stack research infrastructure used to manage training runs, evaluations, experiments, and model visualizations. The role partners closely with researchers and requires strong software engineering fundamentals, cross-stack ownership, and at least two years of post-graduate engineering experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain research infrastructure, including evaluation frameworks, training systems, experiment-tracking platforms, and visualization tools.
- Work across backend systems, data pipelines, and user-facing applications to deliver tools end to end.
- Partner directly with researchers to identify bottlenecks and unlock new capabilities.
- Treat research tooling as a product by gathering feedback, setting priorities, and measuring adoption.
- Build systems for reproducibility, traceability, and robust quality control across research experiments and model training runs.
- Implement monitoring and observability for research systems.

## Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, engineering, machine learning, or a related field.
- Two years of post-graduate work experience as a software engineer or ML engineer, excluding internships.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building reliable, maintainable systems.
- Proficiency in at least one backend programming language; the team primarily uses Python and Rust.
- Frontend experience with React and TypeScript.
- Experience with databases, data warehouses such as ClickHouse, caching systems such as Redis, and other data infrastructure.
- Ability to work across the stack and own projects from discovery through deployment and operation.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners and subject-matter experts.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience building tools for researchers, improving developer productivity, or creating technical products for technical users.
- Experience building polished, intuitive user-facing applications with strong product judgment and attention to UI/UX detail.
- Experience at a startup or on a small team building technically complex products end to end.
- Experience building or maintaining ML research infrastructure, such as training frameworks, evaluation libraries, or experiment-tracking systems.
- Experience working closely with researchers to understand and solve tooling needs.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Expected annual salary: $300,000–$475,000 USD, depending on background, skills, and experience.
- Health, dental, and vision benefits.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- Paid parental leave.
- Relocation support as needed.
- Visa sponsorship.

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