# Senior IT Automation Engineer

**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** IT Support
**Salary:** $114k – $134k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira, Okta, slack api, Google Workspace, Git, CI/CD, Workato, jira automation
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> Senior IT Automation Engineer owning technical architecture for self-service workflows, bots, and integrations that power IT operations at Coinbase. Leads complex automation projects using n8n, Airflow, Temporal, and Jira; requires 5+ years in IT engineering/automation with architecture ownership.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do

- Own the technical architecture of IT Tooling automations, driving design decisions on system structure, integration patterns, and platform standards across n8n, Airflow, Temporal, and Jira
- Lead the most complex automation projects end-to-end as technical DRI, from discovery and design through production delivery
- Partner with Security, Corporate Engineering, and IAM teams to resolve technical blockers and represent IT Tooling in cross-functional architecture discussions
- Build shared frameworks, reusable components, and architecture documentation that reduce single points of failure and raise the team's engineering bar
- Establish code review practices and engineering standards that elevate quality across the IT Tooling platform

## Required skills and experience

- 5+ years in IT engineering, automation, or systems engineering, with demonstrated ownership of architecture decisions and platform-level systems others build on top of
- Deep expertise building and maintaining complex automations with n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira Automation, or Workato, plus strong Git-based development workflows (branching, CI/CD, code review)
- Working knowledge of Okta, Slack API, and Google Workspace administration sufficient to design secure, scalable automation architecture
- Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments, translating loosely scoped problems into production-ready technical specs and clear architecture decision records
- Experience mentoring peers and writing technical design documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

## Compensation

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $113,815—$133,900 USD
Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

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