IT Systems Engineer
Cartesia · *HQ - San Francisco, CA
Applied AIonsitesenior$150k–$200k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build the IT foundation for device management, identity, and internal tooling.
- Use AI agents to automate IT work with clear permission boundaries.
- Own day-to-day support and fix root causes so issues never return.
What they offer
- Competitive base salary and equity package
- Fully covered medical, dental and vision for you and family
- 9 weeks paternity and 12 weeks maternity leave
- 401(k)
- Monthly commuter allowance
- Flexible PTO
- Daily lunch, dinner and snacks
Ideal candidate
Early-stage IT generalist who treats IT as an engineering problem and automates repeat work away. User-centric, self-directed builder who loves keeping a fast-moving team running smoothly.
Requirements
- 5+ years in IT or systems engineering, including as an early IT hire at a growing company
- Hands-on experience with device management (Rippling), identity and access (Google Workspace, Okta) and compliance (Vanta)
- Experience owning full breadth of IT including hardware, vendor budgets, office networking and support for engineers
- Strong Python or similar for automating IT work via SaaS APIs plus configuration as code (e.g. Terraform)
- Comfort building with AI coding agents with good judgment on guardrails
- User-centric support approach with clear plain-language communication
- Strong self-direction, ability to set priorities, ship early and document
- remote policy
- In-person, in-office team
- visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship support available, assessed on a case-by-case basis
Lab profile
About Cartesia
Architects efficient State Space Model foundation models for human-like real-time AI interaction.
Known for
- State Space Models (SSMs)
- Efficient large-scale foundation models
- Model innovation and systems engineering
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