IT Engineer

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline in South San Francisco seeks a hands-on IT Engineer to deliver an excellent employee technology experience across a globally distributed workforce. You’ll support hardware, software, identity, devices, and core business systems, ensuring new hires are productive from day one and constantly finding ways to reduce friction and improve IT services at scale.

The role demands curiosity, a strong customer service mindset, and the ability to own issues from first request to resolution in a

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 understand next steps.
• Look for ways IT can reduce friction and improve the employee experience.
• Contribute to strong support SLAs, service quality, and employee satisfaction.
• Escalate complex issues when appropriate while remaining engaged through resolution.
• Support onboarding and offboarding across systems, devices, and applications.
• Ensure new employees have the correct equipment and access on day one.
• Work with HR, Security, and other teams on lifecycle processes.
• Identify gaps in onboarding/offboarding and access workflows.
• Manage procurement, inventory, deployment, and lifecycle of IT equipment.
• Configure and deploy devices; coordinate shipping and returns.
• Maintain asset records and security/compliance of endpoints.
• Administer core IT systems including identity, SSO, device management, productivity, and collaboration platforms.
• Troubleshoot account provisioning, authentication, permissions, and access issues.
• Support macOS, Windows, and Linux environments.
• Assist with system configuration, integrations, and platform improvements.
• Help maintain reliable, secure, and scalable IT systems as the company grows.
• Identify repeatable work and build lightweight internal tools and automations.
• Improve documentation and operational processes.
• Explore AI/automation to speed IT support and workflows.
• Support A/V hardware in conference rooms and meeting spaces.
• Troubleshoot conference room tech and ensure a smooth meeting experience.
• Collaborate with teams to understand technology needs and drive deployments.

Skills

Hands-on IT support

Customer-focused

Troubleshooting

Onsite work

Communication

Tools

macOS

Windows

Linux

SSO

Job description

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,

• 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,

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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.