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IT Specialist

Waabi

Waabi

IT, Education
Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Waabi, founded by AI pioneer and visionary Raquel Urtasun, is an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. With a world class team and an innovative approach that unleashes the power of AI to “drive” safely in the real world, Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before. Waabi is backed by best-in-class investors across the technology, logistics and the Canadian innovation ecosystem.
With offices in Toronto and San Francisco, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way.
To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai
You will…
- Perform daily site walk throughs to inspect our Toronto facility for safety and maintenance issues.
- Build and maintain vendor relationships as they relate to the facility.
- Provide basic user support, hardware and software troubleshooting.
- Oversee ticket management and documentation.
- Manage operations of a large fleet of high powered workstations.
- Monitor day to day maintenance and troubleshooting of the site; coordinating with contractors as needed along with managing and resolving service requests.
- Assist in swag inventory, ordering, design, and distribution.
- Ensure the smooth operation of our daily catering offering.
- Ensure new employees have a great onboarding experience.
- Collaborate with the facilities manager to manage budgets effectively.
- Create user accounts and manage shipments of equipment to employees and between sites.
- Cultivate and evolve Waabi’s culture by coordinating engaging events and celebrating essential team moments and milestones.
- Experience managing conference rooms and video-conferencing equipment.
- You will be required to engage in physical activities with accommodation - lifting and moving material up to ~50 pounds.
Qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills with a customer service mindset.
- Open-minded and collaborative team player with the willingness to take ownership.
- Experience managing IT requests.
- Experience managing devices in a hybrid environment (Mac, Windows, Linux).
- Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.
Bonus:
- Experience working with security systems.
- Experience with Juniper, Palo Alto or similar network equipment.
Perks/Benefits:
Waabi provides a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage.
- Unlimited Vacation.
- Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
- Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
- Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
- World-class facility that includes a gym, games room (ping pong table, video game consoles, board games,etc), multiple collaborative working spaces and a gorgeous patio!(when in office).
- As we grow, this list continues to evolve!
Waabi is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible environment for all employees. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.