Head of IT

Magic; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) plan with 6% matching

Health, dental, vision insurance

Unlimited paid time off

Visa sponsorship and relocation to SF

Small, focused team

Job summary

Magic in San Francisco is seeking a Head of IT to own and scale our critical infrastructure, security posture, and internal tools. This hands-on leadership role merges strategy with day-to-day engineering, building automations and leading a small team.

You will manage identity, endpoints, SaaS services, and on-site networks, collaborate with Security, and drive self-service. We seek a pragmatic leader who can think from first principles, reduce toil, and deliver reliable systems as Magic grows.

Qualifications

• Experience owning and scaling IT functions in a fast-paced technical environment.
• Hands-on leader who sets direction, develops a small team, and contributes technically.
• Deep experience with macOS, MDM, Google Workspace, SaaS, identity, and access.
• Expertise using automation, APIs, AI tools to reduce manual work.
• Strong security experience across endpoints, identity, access, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Own the function end-to-end: systems, endpoints, identity, SaaS, office infra, IT security.
• Lead a small team; set technical direction, priorities, and standards.
• Make automation the default to enable self-service and reduce toil.
• Own identity, access, endpoints, and core SaaS including SSO, SCIM, MFA, MDM.
• Partner with Security on least privilege, patching, vulnerability management, incident response.
• Oversee office technology across locations: networking, AV, conference rooms, physical security.

Skills

IT leadership

Hands-on contributor

macOS

MDM

Google Workspace

SaaS management

Identity & access

Automation scripting

Bash/Python

Security & incident response

Tools

APIs

AI tools

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Job description

Magic’s mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity’s progress on the world’s most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code generation to improve models and solve alignment more reliably than humans can alone. Our approach combines frontier-scale pre-training, domain-specific RL, ultra-long context, and inference-time compute to achieve this goal.

About the role

As Head of IT at Magic, you will own the systems that keep the company productive and secure. This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll lead a small IT team and set the technical direction for the function while remaining deeply involved in the work, from building automations and architecting systems to administering critical infrastructure and responding to incidents.

What you’ll work on

• Own the function end-to-end: systems, endpoints, identity, SaaS, office infrastructure, support, and IT security
• Lead a small team and set the technical direction, priorities, and standards
• Make automation the default, eliminating toil and enabling self-service
• Own identity, access, endpoints, and core SaaS, including SSO, SCIM, MFA, MDM, Google Workspace, and Slack
• Partner with Security on least privilege, endpoint protection, patching, vulnerability management, and incident response
• Own office technology across our locations, including networking, AV, conference rooms, and physical security
• Build scalable IT systems, processes, and controls as Magic grows

What we’re looking for

• Experience owning and scaling IT functions in a fast-paced technical environment
• A hands-on leader who can set direction, develop a small team, and be a strong technical contributor
• Deep experience with macOS, MDM, Google Workspace, SaaS, identity, and access
• Expertise using automation, APIs, AI tools, and Bash/Python to eliminate manual work
• Strong security experience across endpoints, identity, access, vulnerability management, and incident response
• Strong judgment and first-principles thinking; you evaluate solutions on their merits rather than defaulting to convention
• Willingness to work beyond traditional IT boundaries, learn new domains, and contribute wherever needed to build holistic solutions

Our Culture

Integrity. Words and actions should be aligned

Hands-on. At Magic, everyone is building

Teamwork. We move as one team, not N individuals

Focus. Safely deploy AGI. Everything else is noise

Quality. Magic should feel like magic

Magic strives to be the place where high-potential individuals can do their best work. We value quick learning and grit just as much as skill and experience.

Compensation, benefits, and perks (US)

• Annual salary range: $200K - $300K
• Equity is a significant part of total compensation, in addition to salary
• 401(k) plan with 6% salary matching
• Generous health, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents
• Unlimited paid time off
• Visa sponsorship and relocation stipend to bring you to SF, if possible
• A small, fast-paced, highly focused team