Thinking Machines Lab
Infrastructure Engineer, Security
$300K–$350K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, or similar.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available; success is not guaranteed.
About the job
Own and evolve the security infrastructure for foundation models across compute, storage, networking, and data platforms.
What you'll do
- Architect security patterns for platforms and services, including identity, access controls, network segmentation, and policy enforcement.
- Build secure data platforms and automate security checks, guardrails, and infrastructure baselines.
- Write threat models and review designs with research and engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, or similar.
- Strong background securing containers and orchestration, such as Kubernetes.
- Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform, and secure provisioning patterns.
- Proficiency with a systems language such as Rust and scripting in Python; experience owning complex, production-critical systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with ML infrastructure, GPU clusters, or large-scale training environments.
- Background in AI labs, HPC environments, or ML-heavy organizations.
Pay
$300,000 - $350,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, Terraform, Rust, Python, CI/CD
AI focus
Secures infrastructure and platforms that support foundation models and enables research and product teams to build and run AI systems safely.
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