Senior IT Platform Engineer at MrBeast
San Mateo, CA
$115,000–$172,500from the description
Aug 3, 2026
San Mateo, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role is the primary identity platform engineer for a multi-company organization, responsible for designing and operating automated user lifecycle flows (joiner/mover/leaver), managing SSO/SCIM integrations across hundreds of SaaS applications, and maintaining a dual-instance Okta architecture that isolates regulated fintech systems. It also carries full on-site IT ownership for the San Mateo office — device provisioning, AV/conference room support, and hands-on end-user support roughly four days per week.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 1–6
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,532 (middle half $103,068–$167,147). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 5, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
SOC classification required a judgment call: the role blends deep identity platform engineering (Okta automation, API scripting, lifecycle pipelines) with classic IT/systems administration (device provisioning, AV support, on-site queue ownership). The engineering and automation work could support 15-1252 Software Developers, but the primary day-to-day scope — operating and administering identity infrastructure and an office site — aligns more closely with 15-1244. The runner-up is noted accordingly.
The compensation figure ($115,000–$172,500) is described as 'target total compensation' inclusive of equity, bonus, and benefits — it is not a pure base salary range. The figures are reported as stated.
Claude (with GenSpark as an alternative) is listed under required qualifications with firm language ('Proven use of AI tooling for IT work such as Claude'). The 'such as' qualifier means the specific tool is interchangeable, not that the requirement is optional, so it is treated as a hard gate with GenSpark as an alternative.
Intune and FleetDM are listed as preferred MDM tools within the required qualifications block ('MDM (Intune, FleetDM preferred)'); the MDM capability itself is a hard gate, with Intune as the primary and FleetDM as an alternative.
Python, PowerShell, and JavaScript are presented as interchangeable scripting options within a single required qualification; Python is listed as the primary with the others as alternatives.
AWS and GCP are presented as interchangeable cloud platform options within a single required qualification.
Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Jira, GitHub, and Slack Enterprise Grid all appear under the 'Nice to Have' section and are marked as preferred.
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