Head of IT

Job description

Magic’s mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity’s progress on the world’s most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code generation to improve models and solve alignment more reliably than humans can alone. Our approach combines frontier-scale pre-training, domain-specific RL, ultra-long context, and inference-time compute to achieve this goal. ABOUT THE ROLE As Head of IT at Magic, you will own the systems that keep the company productive and secure. This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll lead a small IT team and set the technical direction for the function while remaining deeply involved in the work, from building automations and architecting systems to administering critical infrastructure and responding to incidents. Automation is central to the role. You’ll build on our existing investment in automation to make IT increasingly self-service, reliable, and scalable, while deciding where and how to take it further. WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON - Own the function end-to-end: systems, endpoints, identity, SaaS, office infrastructure, support, and IT security - Lead a small team and set the technical direction, priorities, and standards - Make automation the default, eliminating toil and enabling self-service - Own our core stack, including SSO, SCIM, MFA, MDM, Google Workspace, and Slack - Partner with Security on least privilege, endpoint protection, patching, vulnerability management, and incident response - Own office technology across our locations, including networking, AV, conference rooms, and physical security - Build scalable IT systems, processes, and controls as Magic grows WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Experience owning and scaling IT functions in a fast-paced technical environment - A hands-on leader who can set direction, develop a small team, and be a strong technical contributor - Deep experience with macOS, MDM, Google Workspace, SaaS, identity, and access - Expertise using automation, APIs, AI tools, and Bash/Python to eliminate manual work - Strong security experience across endpoints, identity, access, vulnerability management, and incident response - Strong judgment and first-principles thinking; you evaluate solutions on their merits rather than defaulting to convention - Willingness to work beyond traditional IT boundaries, learn new domains, and contribute wherever needed to build holistic solutions OUR CULTURE - Integrity. Words and actions should be aligned - Hands-on. At Magic, everyone is building - Teamwork. We move as one team, not N individuals - Focus. Safely deploy AGI. Everything else is noise - Quality. Magic should feel like magic Magic strives to be the place where high-potential individuals can do their best work. We value quick learning and grit just as much as skill and experience. COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, AND PERKS (US) - Annual salary range: $200K - $300K - Equity is a significant part of total compensation, in addition to salary - 401(k) plan with 6% salary matching - Generous health, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents - Unlimited paid time off - Visa sponsorship and relocation stipend to bring you to SF, if possible - A small, fast-paced, highly focused team