Senior IT Systems Engineer
HexRemote (US)posted 3d ago
- PayUSD / yr
- $157k – 239k
- Where
- Remote (US)
- Posted
- Oct 13
- 3 days ago
- Type
- Full-time
- Setup
- Hybrid
At a glance
Own Hex’s employee technology systems—from identity and endpoints to SaaS and office infrastructure—while building automation and AI agents that make IT more reliable, secure, and scalable.
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What you'll do
- Own and improve core IT infrastructure across identity, endpoints, SaaS applications, employee lifecycle management, office technology, and asset management
- Build automation and AI agents and integrations to eliminate repetitive manual work
- Manage endpoint provisioning, configuration, compliance, patching, and inventory
- Establish operational standards including monitoring, documentation, change management, and incident response
- Eliminate recurring sources of employee friction
- Operate and improve office technology, networking, conference rooms, AV, and employee-facing systems
- Work with managed service providers, consultants, and technology vendors
- Partner with the CISO and security team to mature the IT program and automation
- Progressively take ownership of and ultimately lead the IT function day-to-day
Requirements
- 015+ years of experience in IT engineering, corporate infrastructure, systems engineering, or similar
- 02Deep hands-on experience administering identity, endpoint, SaaS, and employee productivity systems
- 03Experience managing macOS fleets with modern endpoint management tooling
- 04Strong scripting and automation skills
- 05Ability to integrate systems using APIs and build durable workflows
- 06Strong understanding of security fundamentals
- 07Ability to solve ambiguous operational problems and drive durable solutions
- 08Clear communication with technical teams and employees
Perks
Skills
Full description
Hex is growing our team of builders on a mission to make everyone a data person. Our platform solves key pain points with today’s data and analytics tooling, and empowers anyone to explore data using natural language, with or without code, on trusted context. Thousands of customers like Ramp, Figma, Stubhub, Anthropic, and Gamma love Hex for our beautiful UI, agentic superpowers, and boundless flexibility.
Hex has raised over $100M from leading investors like Sequoia, a16z, Snowflake and Amplify. With office hubs in San Francisco and New York, as well as remote team members throughout the US and UK, we’re a high-agency team that ships fast and has fun doing it. Check out our Intro to Hex video and employee handbook to learn more about what it’s like to work at Hex.
About the roleWe are looking for a highly technical, hands-on Senior IT Systems Engineer to help build and operate the systems that enable Hex employees to do their best work.
IT at Hex spans far more than traditional helpdesk. This role will own critical parts of our employee technology environment, including identity and access, endpoint management, SaaS administration, onboarding and offboarding, office technology, asset management, and the automation that connects these systems together.
As Hex grows, our goal is to build an IT organization that is exceptionally reliable, secure, and easy to interact with. Employees should be able to get the tools and access they need quickly, common workflows should happen automatically, and our systems should be designed so that we can scale without simply adding more manual work.
You will be a senior technical owner within IT and work closely with Security, People, Finance, Engineering, and external partners. You’ll help set the technical direction for IT with the CISO while remaining deeply hands-on: designing systems, implementing automation, debugging difficult problems, improving existing infrastructure, and stepping in when something important needs to get fixed.
We are especially interested in people who are excited about how AI and automation are changing IT operations and want to rethink how a modern technology company should run its internal systems.
What you will do:Own and improve core IT infrastructure across identity, endpoints, SaaS applications, employee lifecycle management, office technology, and asset management
Build automation and AI agents and integrations that eliminate repetitive manual work and allow IT operations to scale with the company
Manage and improve our endpoint fleet, including device provisioning, configuration, compliance, patching, and inventory
Establish strong operational standards for IT systems, including monitoring, documentation, change management, and incident response
Identify recurring sources of employee friction and systematically eliminate them rather than treating individual tickets as isolated problems
Help operate and improve technology across our offices, including networking, conference rooms, AV, and other employee-facing systems
Work effectively with managed service providers, consultants, and technology vendors while maintaining strong internal ownership of our systems
Partner with the CISO and the security team to design and mature Hex’s IT program, operating model, and team; establish the systems, processes, metrics, and automation needed to scale, with the expectation of progressively taking ownership and ultimately leading the IT function day-to-day.
5+ years of experience in IT engineering, corporate infrastructure, systems engineering, or a similar role in a modern technology environment
Deep hands-on experience administering identity, endpoint, SaaS, and employee productivity systems
Experience managing macOS fleets using modern endpoint management tooling
Strong scripting and automation skills, with the ability to integrate systems using APIs and build durable workflows rather than relying on manual processes
Comfortable working across a broad technical surface area, from identity and SaaS integrations to laptops, networks, conference rooms, and office infrastructure
Strong understanding of security fundamentals and the ability to work effectively with a Security organization
Proven ability to take ambiguous or poorly defined operational problems, identify the underlying systems issue, and drive it through to a durable solution
High operational standards and a strong instinct for reliability, simplicity, and reducing employee friction
Excited about using AI and emerging technologies to rethink traditional IT workflows
Able to communicate clearly with both highly technical teams and employees who simply need technology to work
Willing to roll up your sleeves. You may spend one part of the day designing an identity automation workflow and another diagnosing why a conference room stopped working
You might be an especially strong fit if you have helped scale IT infrastructure at a growing technology company and have seen firsthand which processes break as an organization moves from hundreds toward thousands of employees.
This role will be hybrid (2 days per week in office) based out of our San Francisco, California Headquarters
The salary range for this role is: $157,000 - $239,000
In addition to our unique culture, Hex proudly offers a competitive total rewards package, including but not limited to, market-benched salary & equity, comprehensive health benefits, and flexible paid time off.
The salary range shown may be a reflection of additional factors such as geographical location and skill ranges/levels we’re open to. Placement in the salary range will be decided upon completion of the interview process, taking into account factors like leaving room for growth, internal fairness & parity, your demonstrated skills, and the depth of your experience. Our Recruiting team will be able to provide more details during the interview process.
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Compensation: $157K - $239K