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the Role You'll help build and operate the systems that run Beacon, working alongside our Staff Corporate Engineer. It's a hands-on role on a small team. You'll own real pieces of the stack, identity, endpoint, access, and the SaaS layer, while the staff engineer sets the broader architecture and you learn the parts you haven't done before. This is a good fit if you've spent a few years in corporate engineering or IT, you're comfortable writing code, and you want to build directly instead of managing tickets in a big, layered org. Key
Responsibilities Build and operate the core stack. Beacon's IT and Systems function is early, so you'll help build it out: identity, endpoint management, permissioning and access, networking, corporate security, and the SaaS layer that runs the business. You'll own well-scoped pieces end to end. Keep the systems healthy. Own the day-to-day operation of the tools you build: access reviews, lifecycle, patching, and the unglamorous work that keeps a stack reliable and secure. Use the right tool for the problem. Lean on automation, AI tooling, and modern infrastructure where it makes sense rather than defaulting to manual work. Document what you build. Write the runbooks and architecture decision records that outlast any one person on
the team. The next person is faster because of the work you did.
What We're Looking For 5+ years in corporate engineering, IT, systems, or a related hands-on infrastructure role Solid working knowledge of identity, SSO, SCIM, and MFA, with a real appetite to go deeper on modern access architecture Hands-on experience with MDM, endpoint security, or device lifecycle (macOS primary, Windows secondary) Comfortable in a terminal and willing to script; you don't need to be a software engineer You ask good questions, then go figure things out Comfort with ambiguity and a bias for action
Bonus Points M&A or multi-entity integration experience Familiarity with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or SOX ITGC AI-native workflow experience used in real work Our Values at Beacon Software Humility : We acknowledge that the path to getting to the right answer involves being wrong along the way. We have strong beliefs which are weakly held. We actively seek new ideas and believe we can learn from anyone at any time. Honesty : We are truth seeking in our approach to business problems. Business is a repeat game and we believe that human relationships generate alpha. We understand that trust is earned over a lifetime and can be lost in an instant. Hunger : We play to win. We hold ourselves to high standards and will not be outworked. We take pride in having a deep sense of responsibility to ourselves, each other, our partners, and our customers. We believe to whom much is given much is expected. Horizon : We seek to build a generational software company. This will take decades. We manage our expectations and those of our partners to take advantage of the 8th wonder of the world - compounding growth. How We Use AI in Our Hiring Process: To ensure transparency, we want candidates to know that Beacon Software uses Artificial Intelligence and AI-enabled tools to assist with screening, reviewing, organizing and highlighting profiles and applications that match the key
requirements for each role. AI does not make hiring decisions: Every application is reviewed by a member of our team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans. We use AI to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgment. We are committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate.
Beacon Software is a new type of software holding company with the mission to buy, build, grow and hold great vertical market software businesses.
We are not a financial firm. We are technology entrepreneurs who are passionate about building great software. We seek out founders who have built their business by spending years understanding their market and prioritizing their customers-specific needs. Our flexible structure offers entrepreneurs a unique option to implement a transition that ensures the continuity of the company while receiving liquidity at full value for their equity in their business. Beacon acquires companies with the intent to hold them forever and to invest in their continued growth. We have a permanent, committed capital base with a long-term time horizon and no pressure/intent to sell to another buyer.
On November 4, 2025, we announced our $250M Series B (press release). Our capital comes from a diverse set of investors including Wall Street (D1 Capital, CPMG), Silicon Valley (General Catalyst), the family offices of great technology entrepreneurs (John & Patrick Collison, Tony Xu, Eric Glyman, Karim Atiyeh) and evergreen funds which specialize in buy/hold models (Sator Grove).
Beacon Software was founded by entrepreneurs Nilam Ganenthiran (former President of Instacart and partner at D1 Capital) and Divya Gupta (former partner at Sequoia Capital) both of whom have spent their careers investing in, scaling and building high growth technology businesses.
Salary
$90,000 - $200,000
Location
San Francisco, CA
Total raised
$335.0M
Last stage
Series B
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.