Partner 18, IT Engineer, AI & Innovation Enablement, San Francisco/Menlo Park

As an IT Engineer in AI & Innovation Enablement at a16z crypto, you'll help teams across the firm put AI to work. You've made AI a core part of how you work and are driven to help others experience the same transformation. In this hands-on role within IT Systems, you'll test new AI products and feature releases, manage enterprise deployments, lead workshops, and build enablement materials that help colleagues adopt frontier capabilities safely and effectively.

What you'll do

• Co-own the firm's AI platforms such as ChatGPT/Codex, Claude, Cursor, and Grok, managing enterprise admin settings, access, provisioning, licenses, API keys, spending limits, and feature rollouts
• Lead workshops, hackathons, and guided build sessions, and develop an AI Champions network that helps colleagues learn, share ideas, and support their teams
• Build and share enablement materials such as reusable skills, plugins, AI workflows, and training materials that help colleagues put AI to work in productive and creative ways
• Evaluate frontier AI products and features, stay current with vendor roadmaps, and test promising capabilities to develop perspectives on what to adopt, expand, improve, or discontinue
• Identify opportunities to improve IT workflows through AI, automation, or simpler process changes
• Partner on AI initiatives with business stakeholders to align on technical requirements, strategize deployment, communicate progress and tradeoffs, and deliver secure, compliant solutions
• Build business intelligence visibility that shows adoption, usage, spending, and outcomes, and use those findings to assess return on investment, control costs, and recommend where to invest next
• Create and maintain platform documentation, operating procedures, and deployment playbooks that the team can follow to onboard and deploy new AI apps at scale
• Manage AI vendor relationships, licensing, and contracts

What you bring

• 6+ years of experience in IT systems, security, IT infrastructure, and platform engineering roles
• Optimism and enthusiasm for the future of AI paired with the desire and ability to teach, share knowledge, and help colleagues across IT and the firm put it to work
• Power user proficiency with AI tools such as ChatGPT/Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and Wispr Flow, with a drive to reshape how IT functions
• Ability to apply engineering rigor to evaluating and testing new AI tools and features, assessing their value and risks, and planning deployment
• Ability to explain technical concepts clearly and teach audiences with different levels of technical experience
• Ability to build and deploy automations, integrations, or internal applications using AI coding, APIs, scripting, and workflow tools, with working knowledge of cloud infrastructure
• Low ego and high empathy, listening to different perspectives, questioning your assumptions, and using evidence to find the best solutions
• High agency, taking initiative, managing priorities, navigating ambiguity, collaborating effectively, and proactively communicating progress, risks, and blockers
• Sound judgment about managing sensitive data, access controls, API credentials, and third-party integrations
• Ability to analyze usage, cost, and outcome data and translate findings into practical recommendations to improve AI usage and efficiency
• Strong communication skills, clear writing ability, and polished public speaking and presentation skills

What we offer

• Salary range of $189,000 to $221,000, depending on experience, skills, and scope
• Eligibility to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs
• Benefits including health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• 401K plan, vacation, and sick leave
• In-office presence required 3 days a week at either the San Francisco, CA or Menlo Park, CA office

About a16z

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz that invests in seed to growth-stage technology companies across AI, bio and healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, and American dynamism. The firm has $100B+ under management and has invested in companies including Anduril, Airbnb, Coinbase, Cursor, Databricks, Deel, Figma, GitHub, Roblox, SpaceX, and Stripe.