Inferact is a startup founded by creators and core maintainers of vLLM, the most popular open-source LLM inference engine. Our mission is to grow vLLM as the world. Backed by Sequoia and Redpoint.
About the role
Inferact's mission is to grow vLLM as the world's AI inference engine and accelerate AI progress by making inference cheaper and faster. Founded by the creators and core maintainers of vLLM, we sit at the intersection of models and hardware, a position that took years to build.
What they're looking for
- Hands-on experience owning application and systems provisioning, including onboarding new employees, managing ongoing access changes, and deprovisioning users cleanly when access is no longer needed
- Strong understanding of identity, access, endpoint security, VPN infrastructure, and remote device management, with hands-on experience managing and monitoring Mac, Windows, and Linux devices, security patches, and access controls
- Experience owning or materially supporting SOC 2 compliance programs, including coordinating evidence collection, remediation work, and communication with external security firms and audit partners
- Hands-on experience administering company-wide SaaS and productivity systems such as Okta, Notion, Linear, Vanta, Vercel, or similar tools, with strong judgment around permissions, lifecycle management, and system ownership
- Experience operating as a senior or early IT hire at a startup or rapidly growing technology company, ideally supporting a distributed or international team
- Prior experience supporting engineering-heavy or technically sophisticated organizations, including environments using modern identity, VPN, endpoint-management, cloud, and developer-tooling stacks
More about this role
Inferact's mission is to grow vLLM as the world's AI inference engine and accelerate AI progress by making inference cheaper and faster. Founded by the creators and core maintainers of vLLM, we sit at the intersection of models and hardware, a position that took years to build.
We are looking for an IT Systems & Operations Engineer to become the primary owner of the internal technology environment that keeps Inferact employees productive and secure. We have grown to north of 50 people since late January 2026 and plan to reach 75-80 employees by the end of 2026, with approximately 30% of the team based in APAC. As we scale, this person will own day-to-day IT support, employee onboarding and offboarding, application and account provisioning, endpoint management, identity and access, SaaS administration, office technology, and the ongoing cleanup and improvement of internal systems across our growing global team.
This is not a traditional help desk role, and it is not a CISO-level security position. We are looking for a hands-on operator who can own everything IT-related in our San Francisco office, including networking, meeting rooms, speakers, and other workplace technology, while...
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