# Infrastructure Engineer, Security at Thinking Machines

- Company: Thinking Machines
- What the company does: Connectionism: Research Blog by Thinking Machines Lab. Backed by a16z, Accel and GV.
- Company website: https://thinkingmachines.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $475K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/thinkingmachines/14bef671-162c-4513-bfcf-e679e41e10a8
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/thinking-machines-infrastructure-engineer-security/

## About the role

We’re looking for an infrastructure engineer to own and evolve the security infrastructure that underpins our foundation models. In this role, you’ll work across compute, storage, networking, and data platforms, making sure our systems are secure, reliable, and built to scale. You’ll shape controls, architecture, and tooling so that security is part of how the platform works by default.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, or similar
- Strong background with containers and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) and how to secure them (namespaces, network policies, pod security, admission controls, etc.)
- Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar), including secure patterns for provisioning networks, IAM, and shared services
- Solid understanding of cloud networking and security: VPCs, load balancers, service discovery, mTLS, firewalls, and zero-trust-style architectures
- Proficiency with a systems language such as Rust and scripting in Python for building platform components and internal tools
- Evidence of owning complex, production-critical systems, including debugging issues that span infra, security, and application layers

Tags: Security & IT