It Engineer

Fireworks AI · Data AI · San Mateo, CA · Engineering

The IT Engineer role at Fireworks AI focuses on providing technical support, automating IT processes, and resolving issues for employees within a fast-paced AI company. The role involves handling support requests, investigating technical problems, contributing to a knowledge base, and exploring automation opportunities, including the use of AI tools. While the company builds AI infrastructure, this role is primarily IT support and operations, not direct AI/ML model development or deployment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own and drive resolution for employee support requests, including managing incidents, and responding to inquiries in a timely, helpful manner.
  2. Investigate and troubleshoot issues when reported by employees or triggered by a system alert by looking into logs and other internal tooling.
  3. Triaging technical issues to the Head of IT and engineering team.
  4. Contributing to a knowledge base for the broader support team.
  5. Proactively explore and implement process improvements, including opportunities for automation using AI tools.

Skills

Required

  • IT support
  • Technical troubleshooting
  • Incident management
  • Knowledge base contribution
  • Process improvement
  • Automation
  • Identity Access Management (Okta, Ping)
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft Entra
  • Client-side-engineering tools (Jamf, Intune, Kandji, JumpCloud)
  • Basic scripting
  • Customer empathy
  • Fast-paced startup environment experience

Nice to have

  • Supporting AI platforms
  • Complex IT systems support
  • Technical and computer skills
  • Customer service
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Work ethic
  • Confidentiality and integrity
  • Communication and presentation skills
  • Problem-solving
  • Team collaboration
  • Independent work and prioritization
  • Multitasking
  • Meeting deadlines
  • Lifting IT equipment
  • Bending and stooping
  • Reading small print
  • Distinguishing sounds or alarms
  • Travel

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of startup experience building and supporting IT systems.
  • 3+ years experience in client-side-engineering tools such as Jamf, Intune, Kandji, JumpCloud or similar.
  • Basic scripting experience.
  • Strong passion in the AI field and basic knowledge of how modern AIs are used in IT.