IT Engineer (Contract)

Posted 3 Days Ago
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Redwood City, CA
75-85 Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning
The Role
The IT Engineer will handle complex IT support issues, perform triage on competing requests, contribute to process improvements, and mentor junior staff. They will also resolve technical issues, develop documentation, and drive automation initiatives within the IT environment.
Summary Generated by Built In

We’re on a mission to democratize AI by building the definitive AI data development platform. The AI landscape has gone through incredible change between 2016, when Snorkel started as a research project in the Stanford AI Lab, to the generative AI breakthroughs of today. But one thing has remained constant: the data you use to build AI is the key to achieving differentiation, high performance, and production-ready systems. We work with some of the world’s largest organizations to empower scientists, engineers, financial experts, product creators, journalists, and more to build custom AI with their data faster than ever before. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler!

Pay Rate: $75-85/hr 


Support 

  • Efficiently handle complex IT support issues in a high-velocity environment
  • Triage and prioritize multiple competing requests effectively
  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance support efficiency
  • Contribute to knowledge base development and documentation
  • Mentor junior team members on best practices and technical skills

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

  • Resolve complex technical issues across various platforms and applications
  • Handle escalations and independently drive issues to resolution
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation
  • Identify trends in support requests to drive systemic improvements
  • Collaborate with IT Systems Engineering on complex problem resolution

Automation

  • Identify opportunities for automation and process enhancement
  • Contribute to the development of support scripts and tools
  • Help design and implement scalable support workflows
  • Maintain and improve IT knowledge base and self-service resources

Strong candidates may also have experience with:

  • Have experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Have supported business continuity planning or data loss prevention
  • Have experience building custom automation between various tools
  • Exceptional problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
  • Strong prioritization and time management skills
  • Ability to work independently while supporting team goals
  • Experience with ticketing systems and support metrics
  • Proven track record of thriving in high-pressure environments

Preferred Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience managing corporate IT systems in a modern cloud-first environment
  • A good communicator, with a positive attitude and excitement for building new processes and policies for a rapidly growing organization
  • Experience and understanding of core IT Service Management functions, such as Change Management and Incident Management.
  • Experience in support and troubleshooting Mac OS and Chrome OS platforms as well as iOS & Android mobile devices
  • Experience supporting a company’s IT with little or no oversight
  • Experience managing vendor relationships
  • Security and Compliance focused mindset
  • BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Science or 2-3 additional years of equivalent experience


Salary Range

$75$85 USD

Be Your Best At Snorkel

 

Snorkel AI is on a mission to make machine learning practical for everyone, and it starts with building a team that welcomes, represents and gives opportunity to all. We work at the frontier of AI and software engineering, and believe that underrepresented communities need to play a part in shaping the future of these fields. At Snorkel AI, we actively work to create an environment that values end-to-end ownership, diverse forms of impact, and opportunities for personal growth.

 

Snorkelers are supported by an amazing team and an amazing set of benefits. For Full-time employees, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for Snorkelers and their families, plus a yearly wellness stipend. Our 401k program lets Snorkelers plan for their future and our parental leave program lets new parents take up to 20 weeks of paid time off. Learn more about these benefits and more — like our workstation setup allowance — on our Careers page.

 

Snorkel AI is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Snorkel AI embraces diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Snorkel AI prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of 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 law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, performance, merit, and business need.

 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Top Skills

It Support
The Company
HQ: Redwood City, CA
120 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Our mission is to empower everyone to solve their most impactful problems through data-centric AI. To do this, we have introduced Snorkel Flow, a data-centric AI platform, and are building an incredibly talented team. We empower Fortune 500 enterprises such as Chubb and BNY Mellon, and several government agencies to accelerate AI application development by 10-100x.

Why Work With Us

The founding team spent over half a decade researching programmatic labeling, weak supervision, and other techniques to break through one of the biggest bottlenecks in AI: the lack of labeled training data. This research has resulted in Snorkel research project and 60+ peer-reviewed publications. Snorkel has developed and deployed its technology

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