Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

Thinking Machines Lab salaries 2026: posted ranges by role and level

46 open roles at Thinking Machines Lab publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $350k to $475k; the highest posted maximum is $500k. Ranges come from Thinking Machines Lab's own postings on its careers site, refreshed every 6 hours. All Thinking Machines Lab roles.

By function

Function	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Research	20	$350k	$475k	$412k	$475k
Product & Design	2	$350k	$400k	$375k	$400k
Infrastructure	6	$300k	$412k	$331k	$475k
Engineering	7	$300k	$350k	$325k	$500k
Operations	10	$238k	$312k	$281k	$360k

By level

Level	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Unspecified	36	$350k	$475k	$412k	$475k
Lead / Manager	4	$300k	$412k	$350k	$500k
Staff+	2	$300k	$360k	$330k	$360k
Senior	4	$262k	$355k	$298k	$360k

By role

The most posted roles first.

Role	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Software Engineer	7	$300k	$350k	$325k	$475k
Research Engineer	4	$350k	$475k	$412k	$475k
Product Manager	2	$350k	$400k	$375k	$400k
Site Reliability Engineer	2	$300k	$350k	$325k	$350k

Highest posted ranges at Thinking Machines Lab

One row per role.

Role	Level	Range	Location
Engineering Manager	Lead / Manager	$450k to $500k	San Francisco
Web Crawling - Research Engineer	Unspecified	$350k to $475k	San Francisco
Research, Mid Training	Unspecified	$350k to $475k	San Francisco

Method: base-salary ranges parsed from the compensation field or description of each posting; placeholder ranges (top at least 3x the bottom) excluded; medians use the range midpoint; level inferred from the title. All AI companies · Thinking Machines Lab jobs.