Senior IT Automation Engineer
Own the technical architecture of IT Tooling automations at Coinbase, leading complex projects and driving design decisions.
AI in the day-to-day
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior IT Automation Engineer at Coinbase, the individual will oversee the technical architecture of automation systems that streamline IT operations, including self-service workflows and integrations. Key skills include expertise in platforms like n8n, Airflow, and Jira, along with a strong foundation in Git-based development practices. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with a background in IT engineering and a proven track record of leading complex automation projects. Coinbase fosters a high-performance culture, emphasizing collaboration across global teams.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 24 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
- Coinbase has 181 other open roles including Senior Data Scientist, Strategic Finance Manager, Platform, Product Manager II, Workspace and Multi-User.
- 115 active Jira roles on Joblaze right now.
- 106 active Airflow roles on Joblaze right now.
- 80 active Google Workspace roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is below the typical range for DevOps/SRE roles (median ~$161,000).
- Pays more than 48% of the 69 salaried Jira roles we track (median $116,000). See Jira salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Senior IT Automation Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Coinbase expects some on-site time in Remote - USA.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $113,815–$133,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior IT Automation Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Coinbase is hiring for this position in Remote - USA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Airflow, Google Workspace, Jira, Okta, Slack API, Temporal.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior IT Automation Engineer role at Coinbase.
From the original posting
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
As a Senior IT Support Engineer on the IT Tooling team within IT Support & Services (ITSS), you'll own the technical architecture behind the automations that power IT operations at Coinbase. This team builds the self-service workflows, bots, and integrations that employees interact with daily, from ticket triage and access reviews to onboarding and offboarding. You'll drive architecture decisions across platforms like n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira, and Okta, partnering with regional IT teams across APAC, EMEA, and AMER to deliver high-impact automation at scale.
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.
Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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