IT Manager

MatX•Mountain View, CA

19d•Hybrid

About The Position

MatX builds vertically integrated full-stack solutions from silicon to systems for artificial general intelligence compute platforms. Between our hardware and software teams sits infrastructure — the build systems, CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, security posture, endpoint fleet, and developer tooling that let a small team ship at the pace of a company ten times our size. We're looking for a hands-on Engineering/IT manager to own that infrastructure and the team that builds it. You will write infrastructure-as-code, debug build systems, triage CI failures, and push code — while also hiring, mentoring, and setting technical direction for a growing platform team.

Requirements

You've managed infrastructure or platform teams (3+ years) and still write code daily
Deep experience with cloud infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD systems, and build tooling
Fluent in at least one scripting language (Python, Shell, Go, or similar)
You understand networking, cloud security, and IAM — not just enough to configure them, but enough to audit them
You've managed endpoint fleets and know the realities of device provisioning, patching, and policy enforcement
You default to the simplest approach that works. When you don't know something, you say so. You verify before you assert
You're comfortable context-switching across layers in a single afternoon — cloud state drift, then a container race condition, then a build rule review, then a laptop provisioning issue
Git hygiene matters to you. Clean history, logical commits, rebases done right
You thrive in small teams where ownership is real, not ceremonial

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting hardware design teams (EDA tools, HDL build flows)
Track record of eliminating operational toil through automation rather than adding process
Experience with compliance frameworks or security audits in a startup context
Experience in both startup and larger corporate environments
Experience with MacOS management, Mosyle MDM, brew package manager

Responsibilities

Lead a team of infrastructure and platform engineers — hire great people, set clear priorities, remove obstacles
Own and evolve our build systems, CI/CD pipelines (including self-hosted runners), and cloud infrastructure
Own cloud security posture — IAM policies, access controls, secrets management, and compliance
Manage the endpoint fleet — provisioning, configuration management, OS policies, and security across employee devices
Keep developer velocity high: fast builds, reliable tests, frictionless tooling across a polyglot codebase
Manage our compute fleet — CI bot scaling, cost optimization, container orchestration, and capacity planning
Build observability and alerting for build infrastructure, CI fleet health, and cloud resources
Monitor cloud spend, identify waste, and implement cost-saving measures without sacrificing developer experience
Design onboarding automation so new engineers go from zero to productive with minimal friction
Establish disaster recovery and business continuity practices for critical infrastructure
Make the simple choice. Resist unnecessary abstraction. Ship the fix, not the framework

Benefits

A Stake in our success A cash/equity mix that fits your needs, and option to do early exercise
Health & Wellness Company subsidized Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance; Pre-tax Health Savings Accounts with generous company contribution (even if you don’t)
Time To Recharge 4 weeks paid time off (accrued), 12 company holidays, and 3 weeks remote/flexible work per year
Support to Parents Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of your path to parenthood
Learning & Development $1,500 yearly towards your professional development e.g. conferences, courses, and other learning opportunities
Team Connection Team Lunches, quarterly off-sites, and regular town halls
Financial Wellbeing 401K and/or Roth IRA, with 5% company contribution, even if you don’t!
Flexible Spending Accounts Pre-tax spend accounts for medical, dental/vision, dependent care, parking, and transit expenses
Commute On Us For those commuting up to 1 hour, put your rideshare cost on our company card and reclaim the drive-time to get work done!
MatX E[x]tras $50 per month to use on the perks you care about most
Remote Perks We work remotely Monday & Friday, supported by home-tech setup, and remote wifi expense reimbursement