Senior IT Systems Engineer

Intercom; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Comprehensive medical coverage

Flexible paid time off policy

Unlimited access to AI tools

Job summary

Intercom seeks a Systems Engineer to enhance our IT infrastructure with a focus on automation and compliance. This role offers the chance to work in cutting-edge environments while leveraging SaaS solutions.

Your responsibilities will include solving integration problems, building automations, and driving IT incident response, all while embracing a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Located in San Francisco, we offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a Systems Engineer.
• Strong problem-solving skills with data-driven approaches.
• Experience coaching junior teammates is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Identify and solve team, organizational, and business automation problems.
• Design and maintain automations and integrations for compliance and security.
• Govern and promote automation adoption within the organization.

Skills

Systems and automation passion

Problem-solving skills

Experience with iPaaS platforms

High-level programming knowledge (e.g., Ruby, Python)

Cloud systems operation

Tools

AWS

Okta

Google Workspace

Jamf Pro

Intune

Tines

Workato

Job description

Fin is the AI Customer Agent company on a mission to help businesses provide perfect customer experiences.

Our AI Agent Fin is the highest-performing AI Customer Agent on the market today, enabling businesses to deliver impeccable, always-on customer support across the customer journey – from service, to sales, to ecommerce. Powered by our own AI models, Fin resolves complex customer issues end-to-end across every channel, with minimal set‑up and integration. Fin can also be combined with our natively integrated Intercom help desk for one single system that is designed to meet the needs of modern day support teams.

Founded in 2011, Fin became one of the fastest growing companies and remains one of the largest private software companies in the world with nearly 30,000 global businesses using our products to transform their customer support. Driven by our core values, we push boundaries, build with speed and intensity, and relentlessly deliver incredible value to our customers.

What’s the opportunity?

At Fin you’ll be a Systems Engineer in IT, you will work on evolving our IT infrastructure with a focus on deliverability, identity & access management and compliance. This is a great opportunity to join an ambitious IT team that leverages SaaS-based solutions to be at the forefront in the business processes and employee lifecycle automation space. If you are coming from a traditional systems engineering or dev‑ops background, this role will expand the scope of your experience to truly agile, cutting‑edge, cloud environments. If you are already in the identity management and employee lifecycle automation space, this is the chance to take an ambitious next step in your career and be part of an engineering organisation that is scaling at incredible speed.

What will I be doing?

• Identify and solve team, organisational, and business automation and integration problems.
• Design, build, and own efficient and easy‑to‑maintain automations and integrations that address challenges and improve our posture in identity & access management, endpoint management, security, compliance and enterprise email deliverability.
• Take part in high‑impact cross‑organisational projects to integrate, expand, and evolve our corporate IT infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Govern and promote automation and AI adoption through enablement and education with the aim of eliminating friction and toil and help the business to work sustainably.
• Take part and drive bleeding edge aim tools – we don’t shy away from being beta testers for new features/products to optimise our organisation.
• Drive IT incident response in concert with other InfoSec and engineering teams.
• Look to drive and lead impact across the organisation to adhere to our values and consistently raise the bar.
• Integrate and utilise AI tooling and continuously drive our automated no‑code infrastructure via tools such as Tines and Workato.

What skills do I need?

• First and foremost, you must have a passion for systems and automation and the desire to develop your skills in a fast‑moving company! Having experience with iPaaS platforms and enterprise email deliverability are a plus.
• You have 7+ years of experience as a Systems Engineer and possess great problem‑solving skills with the ability to challenge assumptions by making data‑driven discoveries and finding corresponding solutions.
• You have a strong track record of coaching junior teammates and setting the bar for team standards.
• You have good knowledge of a high‑level programming language, e.g. Ruby, Python, Perl etc… Note that the language doesn’t have to be one that we use here!
• You have experience building and operating systems in the cloud, without a traditional corporate network perimeter. Our primary IT infrastructure is built on AWS, Okta, Google Workspace, Jamf Pro, Intune, Tines and Workato.

Nice to have:

• You have built robust, scalable integrations between billing and an ERP system, preferably Netsuite.

We are a well‑treated bunch with awesome benefits! If there’s something important to you that’s not on this list, talk to us!

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Regular compensation reviews – great work is rewarded!
• Unlimited access to Claude Code and best‑in‑class AI tools; experimentation & building is encouraged & celebrated.
• Flexible paid time off policy
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• In‑office bicycle storage
• Fun events for employees, friends, and family

The base salary range for candidates within the San Francisco Bay Area is $142,000 – $237,000. Actual base pay will depend on a variety of factors such as education, skills, experience, location, etc. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All regular employees may also be eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

MacBooks are our standard, but we’re happy to get you whatever equipment helps you get your job done. We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organisation.

Fin has a hybrid working policy. We believe that working in person helps us stay connected, collaborate easier and create a great culture while still providing flexibility to work from home. We expect employees to be in the office at least three days per week.

We have a radically open and accepting culture at Fin. We avoid spending time on divisive subjects to foster a safe and cohesive work environment for everyone. As an organization, our policy is to not advocate on behalf of the company or our employees on any social or political topics out of our internal or external communications. We respect personal opinion and expression on these topics on personal social platforms on personal time, and do not challenge or confront anyone for their views on non‑work related topics. Our goal is to focus on doing incredible work to achieve our goals and unite the company through our core values.

Fin values diversity and is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity. Fin will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.