Technical Program Manager, Supercomputing

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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 Compute allocation is a technical judgment problem. Research teams have different goals, workloads have different requirements, and available resources rarely match every need at once. Progress depends on understanding those constraints and finding ways to accomplish more within them. In this role, you’ll own compute allocation and help us make better use of our supercomputing resources. You’ll work closely with researchers and infrastructure engineers to understand demand, evaluate competing needs, and translate research priorities into practical allocation decisions. You’ll investigate where constraints limit progress and help teams find workable alternatives. Teaching is central to this work. You’ll help researchers plan their compute needs, understand allocation decisions, and reason through tradeoffs…