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About the Role

We are hiring a developer productivity engineer to advance how we build software internally: safely, quickly, and with delight. The main focus are AI tools and coding agents. You’ll partner with platform, security, and product engineers to build state-of-the-art tooling for AI-assisted software development, and make our inner loop dramatically faster. The scope of this role includes both setting up company-wide platforms and working with developers to accelerate their individual workflows.

Responsibilities

Enable researchers and engineers to leverage AI to improve coding productivity without compromising code quality
Standardize AI coding tools, such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, configuring, hardening, and maintaining the best tools, integrating org-wide configurations with individual preferences
Build secure, reproducible agent sandboxes for remote dev & 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

Requirements

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 a variety of internal tools
Hands-on experience with container platforms (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes), modern CI (GitHub Actions/Buildkite), and package management tools (uv)
Practical experience with AI coding tools and model APIs (e.g. OSS via vLLM / SGLang / TGI)
Solid Linux/networking fundamentals; comfort with secrets management and safe egress
Proficiency in systems programming languages (e.g. Rust) and scripting languages (e.g. Python)

Skills

AI tools
Coding agents
AI-assisted software development
Container platforms (Docker/Kubernetes)
Modern CI (GitHub Actions/Buildkite)
Package management tools (uv)
AI coding tools
Model APIs (OSS via vLLM / SGLang / TGI)
Linux
Networking
Secrets management
Safe egress
Systems programming languages (Rust)
Scripting languages (Python)

Location

San Francisco, California

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-level
Senior

Education Level

Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience

Salary/Compensations

$350,000 - $475,000 USD

Benefits

Generous health, dental, and vision benefits
Unlimited PTO
Paid parental leave
Relocation support

About the Company

The mission of Thinking Machines is to build AI that extends human will and judgment.