The Team

Across our work in Science, Education, and within our communities, we pair technology with grantmaking, impact investing, and collaboration to help accelerate the pace of progress toward our mission. Our Central Operations & Partners team provides the support needed to push this work forward.

Central Operations & Partners consists of our Brand & Communications, Facilities, Finance, Infrastructure/IT Operations/Business Systems, Initiative Operations, People, Real Estate/Workplace/Facilities/Security, Research & Learning, and Ventures teams. These teams provide the essential operations, services, and strategies needed to support CZI’s progress toward achieving its mission to build a better future for everyone.

Our Central Tech team provides technology and security support for CZI and our grantees. We believe that Engineering, IT and Security are most effective when in sync and learning from each other on a daily basis. Across our three pillars of Infrastructure, Security, and Grantee & Partner Support, we enable our teams to achieve their goals faster and more securely. We leverage technology to automate manual processes, constantly innovate to optimize operations, provide first-class support, and build solutions to enable the scale and execution of our business partners' strategies and initiatives.

As an Application Administrator on the Central Tech team, you will work cross-functionally within CZI’s Central Tech teams, and across the organization to deploy modern solutions that drive the work behind our mission.

The Opportunity

This Application Administrator role offers the exciting opportunity to drive technical unification across collaboration and productivity tooling at CZI and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. This is a highly cross-functional role focused on bringing AI technologies and integrated systems to life in a way that improves productivity and collaboration across the org. You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, infrastructure, and IT administration. This is a growth-minded role with broad exposure, ideal for someone excited to help shape how AI tools and employee platforms come together.

What You'll Do

• Build and launch AI-powered tools, agents, and internal workflows that support collaboration, decision-making, and operational efficiency across engineering, operations, and research teams
• Set up and manage AI development environments and automation tools and internal platforms that support prototyping, deployment, and scaling of AI solutions
• Partner with stakeholders to design and optimize AI workflows, including code assistants, secure API routing, GCP integrations, and custom processes
• Integrate external and internal systems into secure, auditable, and reliable toolchains
• Extend core collaboration platforms (Slack, Google Workspace, Atlassian) through lightweight automation and scripting (e.g., Google Apps Script, Slack Workflows, Jira Automation)
• Maintain shared systems for search, discovery, and cross-platform access that reduce time-to-knowledge and eliminate workflow fragmentation
• Support basic administration, scaling, and management of collaboration platforms with an emphasis on enabling autonomy and reducing operational overhead

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated experience designing and deploying AI-powered tools, including intelligent agents, search systems, and workflow automation at scale
• Proficiency with AI orchestration tools and frameworks multi-agent systems, and Model Configuration Platforms (MCPs)
• Strong proficiency with developer enablement platforms supporting internal prototyping, deployment, and integration
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, and API integration for building and automating end-to-end workflows across internal systems
• Familiarity with enterprise AI ecosystems such as Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI, and experience integrating these platforms securely and effectively
• Working knowledge of collaboration and productivity platforms such as Atlassian, Slack, and Google Workspace, including administration and support tasks
• Strong communication skills and comfort working across cross-functional teams to drive clarity and adoption
• Ability to balance experimentation and prototyping with long-term maintainability, management, and documentation

Compensation

The Redwood City, CA base pay range for this role is $158,000 - $217,800. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process.

Work Mode

As we grow, we’re excited to strengthen in-person connections and cultivate a collaborative, team-oriented environment. This role is a hybrid position requiring you to be onsite for at least 60% of the working month, approximately 3 days a week, with specific in-office days determined by the team’s manager. The exact schedule will be at the hiring manager's discretion and communicated during the interview process.

Benefits for the Whole You

We’re thankful to have an incredible team behind our work. To honor their commitment, we offer a wide range of benefits to support the people who make all we do possible.

• CZI provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
• Annual benefit for employees that can be used most meaningfully for them and their families, such as housing, student loan repayment, childcare, commuter costs, or other life needs.
• CZI Life of Service Gifts are awarded to employees to “live the mission” and support the causes closest to them.
• Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
• Funding for select family-forming benefits.
• Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving to the Bay Area
• And more!

If you’re interested in a role but your previous experience doesn’t perfectly align with each qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.

Explore our work modes, benefits, and interview process at www.chanzuckerberg.com/careers.

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