IT Engineer

Thinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone has access to the knowledge and tools to make AI work for their unique needs and goals. We are scientists, engineers, and builders who’ve created some of the most widely used AI products, including ChatGPT and Character.ai, open-weights models like Mistral, as well as popular open source projects like PyTorch, OpenAI Gym, Fairseq, and Segment Anything. About the Team The IT team builds secure infrastructure and efficient processes that enable our employees to move quickly. We operate an all-Mac environment and use tools such as Okta, Google Workspace, and Kandji to support a rapidly growing workforce across multiple offices. This role will serve as the primary IT partner for our New York employees and office. You will work closely with the IT and Security team in San Francisco to maintain consistent systems, security standards, and employee experiences across locations. What You’ll Do New York IT Support: Serve as the primary onsite IT resource for employees in our New York office, providing responsive support and resolving hardware, software, access, network, and workplace technology issues. Employee Lifecycle Management: Own onboarding and offboarding for New York employees, including hardware procurement, device preparation, shipping logistics, account provisioning, and access changes. Identity and Access Management: Administer Okta, including Single Sign-On, application integrations, provisioning, and access management for new and existing services. Infrastructure as Code: Help manage Okta and other SaaS platforms through Terraform and Git-based workflows. Contribute to the team’s broader effort to manage corporate technology systems using repeatable, reviewable, and version-controlled processes. Office Infrastructure and Security: Own the day-to-day operation of the New York office’s technology infrastructure, inclu