Senior IT Engineer

About Us

Fieldguide is establishing a new state of trust for global commerce and capital markets through automating and streamlining the work of assurance and audit practitioners specifically within cybersecurity privacy and financial audit. Put simply we build software for the people who enable trust between businesses.

Were based in San Francisco CA but built as a remote-first company that enables you to do your best work from anywhere. Were backed by top investors including Bessemer Venture Partners 8VC Floodgate Y Combinator DNX Ventures Global Founders Capital Justin Kan Elad Gil and more.

We value diversity in backgrounds and in experiences. We need people from all backgrounds and walks of life to help build the future of audit and advisory. Fieldguides team is inclusive driven humble and supportive. We are deliberate and self-reflective about the kind of team and culture that we are building seeking teammates that are not only strong in their own aptitudes but care deeply about supporting each others growth.

As an early stage start-up employee youll have the opportunity to build out the future of business trust. We make audit practitioners lives easier by eliminating up to 50% of their work and giving them better work-life balance. If you share our values and enthusiasm for building a great culture and product you will find a home at Fieldguide.

About the Role

At Fieldguide were building the AI-first platform for advisory and audit firms. That same philosophy extends to how we run IT: fast secure and automation-driven. As the first full time IT hire youll design and scale the systems tools and processes that keep our people productive and our business secure.

Youll report to our CTO and partner closely with Engineering Operations and People Ops to ensure every Fieldguide employee has a frictionless experience with technology from onboarding to daily workflows. This is a hybrid position based in our San Francisco office.

We move quickly and expect our IT to move just as fast embracing automation AI and tooling to replace manual work and keep us scaling efficiently.

What Youll Do

• Establish IT as a core business function with clear processes documentation and metrics that scale with company growth.

• Manage the full lifecycle of employee devices (procurement setup inventory refresh cycles and support) with a focus on automation and self-service.

• Own identity and access management across core SaaS apps (Google Workspace Slack Notion etc.) delivering a seamless onboarding and offboarding experience.

• Implement and manage SSO/identity solutions with automated workflows for provisioning access audits and role-based controls.

• Integrate business systems and SaaS tools leveraging APIs and scripting to eliminate friction and manual tasks.

• Help automate IT and security controls that balance speed and compliance (SOC 2 ISO 27001).

• Partner with our Platform and Infrastructure teams to support logging and monitoring across business systems.

• Serve as a hands-on resource for IT helpdesk support supporting a globally distributed workforce.

• Constantly look for opportunities to bring AI and automation into IT workflows to improve speed reduce risk and enhance the employee experience.

Who You Are

• 5 years of experience in SaaS or high-growth technology companies is preferred. We care less about how long youve worked and more about how you think about leveraging AI and technology to impact a scaling workforce.

• Proven ability to own IT independently while designing scalable automation-first programs.

• Deep experience with enterprise SaaS environments (Google Workspace Slack Zoom Notion Rippling etc.).

• AI-native mindset. Comfortable with coding and scripting in tools like Cursor and Claude Code for automations and integrations.

• Experience with identity and access management (IAM SAML/SCIM).

• Familiarity with security/compliance frameworks (SOC 2 ISO) and how IT plays a role in meeting them.

• Exceptional communicator with a people-first mindset: you enjoy working with people and helping teammates move faster.

• Excited to shape IT in a company where AI automation are the default and fast is a company value.

Bonus Points

• Built or scaled IT functions in an early-stage or high-growth startup environment.

• Experience with or strong interest in security and compliance at an enterprise-scale vertical AI and SaaS company.

• Background in software engineering or a desire to grow technical depth in this area.

• Experience supporting distributed teams and global multi-geo operations.

More about Fieldguide

Fieldguide is a values-based company. Our values are:

• Fearless - Inspire & break down seemingly impossible walls.

• Fast - Launch fast with excellence iterate to perfection.

• Lovable - Deliver happiness & 11 star experiences.

• Owners - Execute & run the business with ownership.

• Win-win - Create mutual value & earn trust for life.

• Inclusive - Scale the best ideas with inclusive teams.

Some of our benefits include

• Competitive compensation packages with meaningful ownership

• Flexible PTO

• 401k

• Wellness benefits including a bundle of free therapy sessions

• Technology & Work from Home reimbursement

• Flexible work schedules

Required Experience:

Senior IC