IT Engineer

About Zipline

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.

Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.

Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.

We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.

About You and The Role

We’re looking for a hands-on IT Engineer who is passionate about delivering an excellent employee technology experience across a globally distributed workforce.

This role will be a key part of our day-to-day IT operations, supporting employees across hardware, software, identity, devices, conference rooms, and core business systems. You’ll help ensure employees have the tools, access, and support they need to be productive from day one, while continuously looking for ways to reduce friction and improve the overall IT experience.

The ideal candidate is technically curious, customer-focused, and comfortable taking ownership of problems from initial request through resolution. You should enjoy troubleshooting, learning new systems, improving processes, and finding better ways to deliver IT services at scale.

What You'll Do

Deliver an Excellent Employee IT Experience

Provide fast, thoughtful, and high-quality technical support to employees

Troubleshoot hardware, software, connectivity, access, and application issues

Own support issues through resolution and ensure employees have a clear understanding of next steps

Look beyond simply resolving tickets to identify ways IT can reduce friction and improve the employee experience

Contribute to strong support SLAs, service quality, and employee satisfaction

Escalate complex or high-impact issues when appropriate while remaining engaged through resolution

Support Onboarding & Offboarding

Support employee onboarding and offboarding across systems, devices, and applications

Ensure new employees have the correct equipment, access, and tools available on day one

Work with HR, Security, and other teams to maintain reliable and auditable lifecycle processes

Identify and help resolve gaps in onboarding, offboarding, and employee access workflows

Device & Asset Lifecycle Management

Support procurement, inventory, deployment, replacement, and lifecycle management of laptops, accessories, and other IT equipment

Configure and deploy devices for employees

Coordinate shipping, repairs, replacements, and equipment returns

Maintain accurate asset records and inventory

Help ensure endpoints meet company security and configuration requirements

Core Systems & Infrastructure

Administer and support core IT systems including identity, SSO, device management, productivity, and collaboration platforms

Troubleshoot account provisioning, authentication, permissions, and application access issues

Support macOS, Windows, and Linux environments

Assist with system configuration, integrations, access policies, and platform improvements

Help maintain reliable, secure, and scalable IT systems as the company grows

Automation & Process Improvement

Identify repetitive work and opportunities to improve IT workflows

Help build and maintain scripts, integrations, automations, and lightweight internal tools

Improve documentation and repeatable operational processes

Look for opportunities to use AI and automation to make IT support faster, more consistent, and easier for employees

Conference Rooms & A/V

Support A/V hardware and technology in conference rooms, all-hands spaces, and common areas

Troubleshoot meeting room hardware, displays, microphones, cameras, speakers, and conferencing systems

Help maintain a reliable and easy-to-use meeting experience for employees

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with teams across the business to understand and support their technology needs

Communicate technical issues clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Work closely with other IT team members on infrastructure, networking, security, and workplace technology initiatives

Contribute to IT projects and company-wide technology deployments

What You'll Bring

If you don’t meet every requirement but are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply.

3+ years of hands-on experience in IT support, IT operations, systems administration, or a similar technical role

Strong customer-service mindset with a focus on delivering an excellent employee experience

Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across hardware, software, identity, and access

Hands-on experience supporting macOS and Windows environments; Linux experience is a plus

Experience with endpoint management, device deployment, and access controls

Familiarity with Identity & Access Management concepts such as SSO, SAML, and SCIM

Experience supporting onboarding and offboarding processes

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities and take ownership of issues through resolution

Comfortable working onsite at our South San Francisco HQ 5 days per week, with flexibility as needed

Experience working in a high-growth or operationally complex environment is a plus

Experience supporting a globally distributed workforce is a plus

Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR is a plus

Experience supporting A/V systems and conference room technology is a plus

Experience using AI-powered tools or building AI-driven automations to improve IT support, troubleshooting, workflows, scripting, or internal operations is a strong value-add

Experience with tools such as ChatGPT, Codex, Claude Code, or similar AI-assisted development and automation platforms is a plus

What Else You Need To Know

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities.

We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply! Voluntary Self-Identification

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As set forth in Zipline ’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.