Corporate IT Engineer
Tokyo-based frontier AI R&D company that develops nature-inspired AI research and commercial AI products for enterprises and users.
Funding history
About Sakana AI K.K.
Sakana AI develops frontier AI research inspired by collective intelligence and self-evolution, alongside AI products and applied solutions for enterprises and Japan’s public sector.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage corporate IT operations spanning identities, devices, SaaS, help desk services, procurement, and audit support. You will establish and operate security policies and a zero-trust architecture, administer collaboration tools and office networks, manage account lifecycles, and automate workflows using APIs, iPaaS, and AI agents.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience designing and operating multiple corporate IT domains, including device management, identity and access management, collaboration tools, generative AI governance, workflow or ITSM tools, or office networks
- Experience integrating generative AI, AI agents, embeddings, or RAG into business-process automation and efficiency improvements
- Experience identifying operational issues, engaging stakeholders, and completing solutions
- Ability to explain technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
- Cross-functional project management skills
- Ability to manage vendors, inventory, procurement, and technology operations
- Business-level Japanese proficiency equivalent to JLPT N1
Responsibilities
- Establish and operate security policies and a zero-trust architecture for identity, device, and SaaS use
- Establish governance and internal adoption for AI services and AI platforms
- Select, implement, and govern SaaS and cloud services
- Design and operate endpoint, account, and SaaS security controls
- Define device lifecycle management policies and automate device provisioning
- Design and operate account lifecycle processes for employee onboarding and offboarding
- Plan and drive workflow automation and system integrations using APIs, iPaaS, and AI agents
- Design, build, and operate office networks
- Operate the internal help desk and IT inquiry support system
Hiring Process
Find a role; email careers@sakana.ai with a brief introduction and the role; submit the Google Form with a CV and English cover letter.
