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title: 'IT Engineer at Afero'
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# IT Engineer at Afero

- **Company:** Afero
- **Location:** Los Altos, CA
- **Compensation:** $128k–$163k
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-28
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/afero/51c68793-7b2a-42fa-bc1d-e920392d7c20

## Job description

Why Join Afero? The next wave of AI lives in everyday devices. Help build it.

Our vision is to make all the world's devices secure and AI-powered, through innovation and scale. Come build the products used by millions of people every day.

Afero is the IoT platform as a service trusted by manufacturers and brands to make connected devices both smart and secure. Today, Afero technology powers more than 20 million devices across 200+ products from 50+ manufacturers. Afero has more than 130 patents, one of the largest IoT patent portfolios globally, and was named a 2024 IoT Breakthrough Winner for [IoT Security Platform of the Year.](https://iotbreakthrough.com/2024-winners/) Afero is driven by a team of world-class executives and veterans in mobile, hardware, security, consumer and cloud, leveraging experience from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, Disney, Roku and Danger.

Microcontrollers, the low-cost, low-power chips inside plugs, bulbs, locks, sensors, thermostats, and meters, ship at a rate of more than 4 billion a year, more than phones, laptops, and servers combined. Yet they lack a common software layer for identity, connectivity, provisioning, updates, fleet management, and enterprise-grade security. Afero delivers that layer: a unified platform, tested at scale in The Home Depot's Hubspace smart home ecosystem, for devices that cannot run a general-purpose operating system like Linux or Android. These devices form the far edge, connecting the physical and digital worlds so modern AI can meet people where they are.

To learn more, please visit [www.afero.io](http://www.afero.io).

## Key Responsibilities

- Okta administration (user lifecycle, group and app assignments, SSO/SCIM integrations)

- Google Workspace administration

- Mac fleet management with Jamf Pro and Apple Business Manager, including OS and patch compliance

- SaaS administration, including Atlassian (Jira and Confluence), GitHub, and Slack

- Onboarding and offboarding

- IT support and incident response

- Support for periodic access reviews

- Hardware procurement, provisioning, asset inventory, and lifecycle

- Office technology: conference room AV, printers, physical access control

- Documentation and runbooks

- Vendor and license management

Required Qualification

- 4+ years of IT experience, including hands-on administration of Okta, Jamf Pro, and Google Workspace

- Strong macOS support and management skills

- Experience working independently in a small or mid-size company

- Clear written communication with a team distributed across time zones, with occasional early-morning or evening availability

## Nice to Have

- Windows, Intune, and Microsoft 365/Entra ID experience

- Office networking experience

- Scripting or API automation (Bash, Python, or similar)

- Okta Certified Administrator or Jamf certifications

Afero is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.

## About Afero

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Afero provides a secure, end-to-end IoT platform (PaaS) that enables manufacturers to build, deploy, and manage smart connected devices with enterprise-grade security and ease of use.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, $100M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Los Altos, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Joe Britt (CEO & Co-Founder), Shin Matsumura (Co-Founder & Board Member)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Internet of Things (IoT) platform, technology, information and internet
- **Target customers**: B2B – manufacturers and brands across consumer, industrial, and enterprise segments (e.g., Defiant, Hampton Bay, EcoSmart)
- **Mission statement**: "Make all the world's connected devices smart and secure."

## Products & Services
- **[Afero IoT Platform](https://www.afero.io/)**: A PaaS that covers the full stack from sensor to cloud – connectivity (Wi-Fi, BLE, voice), hardware root-of-trust security, fleet management, data analytics, and mobile app integration. Enables rapid prototyping, code reuse (~90% across projects), and reduces go-to-market time by up to 80%.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding $100M (Series C: $50M led by Crosspoint Capital Partners in Dec 2021); Annual Revenue ~$1.4M (2024 estimate)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (Series A lead), Mistletoe (Series B lead), Crosspoint Capital Partners (Series C lead)
- **Growth Signals**: Powers millions of devices across 200+ product categories and 50+ manufacturers; holds 130+ patents (one of the largest IoT patent portfolios); named “IoT Security Platform of the Year” (2024); first IoT platform to sign CISA’s Secure by Design Pledge; appointed to UN Security Standards Working Party Chair (2025)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Security-first architecture**: Hardware root of trust, VPN-like tunneling without pairing, supply-chain security, and compliance with CISA standards.
- **Ease of use & rapid onboarding**: Automatic failover, secure Wi-Fi sharing over BLE, intuitive mobile app experience, and 99% fewer escalations reported by customers.
- **Scalability & reusability**: Designed for billions of devices and yottabytes of data; 90% code reuse across projects, reducing engineering effort.
- **Patented innovation**: One of the largest IoT patent portfolios globally, providing a deep moat in device connectivity and security.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand the AI-infused connected world by integrating IoT with AI and edge analytics.
- Strengthen enterprise security and compliance (e.g., CISA pledge, international standards leadership).
- Scale ecosystem through partnerships and a growing portfolio of device categories (industrial, consumer, enterprise).
- Continue to reduce time-to-market and simplify IoT deployment for manufacturers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Work on genuinely hard problems across the full stack (firmware, hardware, cloud, mobile). Team includes veterans from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, Roku, and Danger.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid – roles based in Los Altos, CA (with some remote flexibility for certain positions).
- **Perks**: 401k retirement plan; Platinum Blue Shield, Platinum Kaiser, and Gold health plans (Afero pays 90% of premiums, 75% for dependents).
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasizes code reusability, robust architecture, and “build something that matters.” Active job postings include Senior Software Engineer (Flutter/KMP), Engineering Director (Firmware), and Firmware Engineer.

## Sources
1. [afero.io - Homepage](https://www.afero.io/)
2. [afero.io - About Afero](https://afero.io/html/home/about-afero.html)
3. [afero.io - Careers](https://www.afero.io/html/home/careers.html)
4. [LinkedIn - Afero Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/afero)
5. [Lever - Afero Jobs](https://jobs.lever.co/afero)

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