Model Designer

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From Thinking Machines Lab’s original posting

ABOUT THINKING MACHINES The mission of Thinking Machines is to build AI that extends human will and judgment. We are training frontier models with Inkling, developing Tinker to let people make models their own, and crafting interfaces that broaden human-AI communication. We believe the future worth building is human, and we're hiring people who want to build it. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Model Designer, you’ll shape how our models behave and feel, and how people experience working with them. Working alongside the researchers building these models, you might design: how a model reads intent, when it acts on its own, when it asks, and whether the person comes away sharper than they started. You’ll hold several things in tension: pushing what our models can do, anticipating what someone is reaching for before they’ve fully said it, and keeping the person’s judgment at the center of the work. We’re looking for creative generalists who care deeply about design, technology, and the humans on the other side of each turn. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Work closely with researchers to understand, predict, and shape model behavior, translating design judgment into training data, evaluations, and lasting…