a16z · Menlo Park, California, United States; San Francisco, California, United States · San Francisco, California, United States
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs <a href="https://a16z.com/news-content">building the future</a> through technology. We are <a href="https://a16z.com/portfolio">stage agnostic</a>. We invest in seed to venture to <a href="https://a16z.com/growth/">growth-stage technology</a> companies, across <a href="https://a16z.com/ai/">AI</a>, <a href="https://a16z.com/bio-health/">bio + healthcare</a>, <a href="https://a16z.com/consumer/">consumer</a>, <a href="https://a16z.com/enterprise/">enterprise</a>, <a href="https://a16z.com/fintech/">fintech</a>, <a href="https://a16zfrontier.com/">frontier</a>, <a href="https://a16z.com/games">games</a>, and companies building toward <a href="https://a16z.com/american-dynamism/">American dynamism</a>. a16z has $100B+ under management across multiple funds.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">We’ve established a team that <a href="https://a16z.com/about/">is defined by</a> respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. We’ve invested in <a href="https://a16z.com/portfolio/">companies</a> like Anduril, Airbnb, Coinbase, Cursor, Databricks, Deel, Figma, GitHub, Roblox, SpaceX, and Stripe. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">The Role</span></h2> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">We’re hiring a Senior IT & AI Platform Engineer to build, deploy, and operate enterprise systems, AI applications, and cloud infrastructure that help teams across a16z execute with speed, confidence, and security. You’ll lead complex technical deployments, serve as a trusted technical escalation point for stakeholders, manage privileged access across critical systems, and reduce friction through reliable automations and self-service workflows.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">This is a hands-on role within the IT Systems team, working closely with Cybersecurity, Engineering, Product, Data, and other business units across the firm. On a typical day, you’ll be orchestrating multiple AI coding agents, managing AWS or GCP infrastructure, and guiding a business unit to deploy a custom vibe-coded application. You’ll be expected to take on complex, often ambiguous or urgent requests, understand what’s needed, and deliver outcomes that are secure, well documented, and easy to support. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">This role requires an in-office presence 3 days a week in either our San Francisco, CA or Menlo Park, CA office.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">To join our team, you should be excited to:</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Take ownership of the firm's toughest IT challenges around AI deployments, making consequential technical decisions and building lasting solutions that teams across a16z depend on</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Co-own the technical implementation of new enterprise systems and emerging AI applications, including evaluating, testing, and deploying new capabilities securely and at scale</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Identify opportunities to reduce manual toil and build automations across the entire IT organization</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Partner with business teams and internal builders to turn ideas into working applications—from early prototypes through deployment, hardening, and ongoing support</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Build and operate AWS and GCP infrastructure</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Partner with Cybersecurity to protect sensitive data and manage privileged access across AI, SaaS, cloud, endpoint, and internal systems</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Work with internal stakeholders to support Databricks and cloud AI services, including workspace configuration, service principals, access controls, and operational monitoring</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Serve as a trusted technical escalation point for cybersecurity, engineering, data, and other business units. Work with stakeholders to untangle complex problems and find a clear path forward</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis to resto