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Senior Director of IT

SambaNova · Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, United States · Austin, TX · San Jose, CA

Infrastructureonsitedirector$1–$1000k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead IT across infrastructure, end-user support, security and DevOps company-wide.
  • Support AI chip engineering with servers, networks and lab systems.
  • Set IT roadmap and budget while staying hands-on when team needs it.

What they offer

  • Equity
  • 95% employee medical coverage
  • 77% dependent medical coverage
  • HSA with employer contribution
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Short/long-term disability insurance
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • FSA options
  • Headspace subscription
  • Gympass+ membership
  • One Medical membership
  • Employee Assistance Program

Ideal candidate

A hands-on IT leader who thrives in small, fast-moving teams and enjoys partnering closely with engineering. You balance strategy and execution across infrastructure, support, and security.

Requirements

  • B.S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and operations
  • 5+ years of experience leading IT teams
  • Experience running both backend infrastructure and end-user IT
  • Experience building or running a security operations program
  • Experience with DevOps tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Hands-on experience with Linux, Windows, and macOS administration, identity management such as Okta or Entra ID, and MDM
  • Able to work onsite at Bay Area office on a regular basis

Lab profile

About SambaNova

Full-stack AI infrastructure with RDU dataflow chips for fast agentic inference.

What they build

  • RDU Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit
  • SambaRack rack-scale hardware
  • Full-stack AI inference platform

Known for

  • Reconfigurable dataflow architecture alternative to GPUs
  • High decode performance for agentic workloads
  • Full-stack hardware-software co-design

Key facts

  • Founded in 2017
  • Headquartered in Palo Alto, California
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