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Staff IT Automation Engineer

United States, San Francisco 205000.00 - 240000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 20, 2026
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As a Staff IT Automation Engineer, you will be a technical leader responsible for driving efficiency and scale across the entire corporate IT infrastructure and enterprise ecosystem. You will design, build, and maintain mission-critical automation solutions that eliminate manual processes, enhance security posture, and improve the employee experience globally.

Job Responsibility

  • SaaS Ecosystem Automation: Lead the architectural design and implementation of automated workflows that provision, de-provision, and manage users and licenses across the organization's critical SaaS ecosystem
  • Workflow Automation: Develop scalable, resilient workflow automation solutions to streamline critical business processes
  • Asset Management Automation: Design and implement solutions for the automated lifecycle management of various endpoints and assets
  • API and Integration Development: Serve as the subject matter expert for integrating disparate systems by building robust, fault-tolerant connections using APIs and event-driven architectures
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM): Drive automation within the IAM infrastructure
  • Enterprise Data Engineering: Drive the architecture and engineering of robust data platforms for IT
  • Technical Leadership: Act as a force multiplier for the team, establishing engineering best practices, leading code reviews, documenting architectures, and mentoring other engineers

Requirements

  • 10 years of experience in IT Engineering, IT Apps Development or DevOps
  • At least 5 years dedicated to developing large-scale, enterprise environments where services were automated
  • Deep hands-on experience automating complex operations and governance across major enterprise platforms, including GCP, AWS, and/or Azure
  • Deep hands-on experience with MacOS and iOS
  • Highly proficient in at least one modern programming language, with a strong preference for Python for backend logic and automation scripting
  • Demonstrated experience automating core IT Service Management (ITSM) functions
  • Proven, deep experience working directly with a variety of technical interfaces, including robust utilization of APIs and querying and managing various databases
  • Extensive experience designing, deploying, and managing centralized automation platforms
  • Demonstrated ability to dissect complex, cross-functional business problems and translate them into simple, maintainable, and highly efficient code-based solutions
  • Be able to communicate effectively and build confidence across a wide variety of audiences

Nice to have

  • Experience with Agentic AI or Machine Learning models to enhance automation processes
  • Familiarity with modern infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
  • Direct experience with tools such as Fleet (for asset management), JAMF, etc.
  • Linux and Windows based systems experience
  • SQL experience

What we offer

  • Generous Time Off: 14 paid holidays, flexible PTO for salaried employees
  • Comprehensive Health Plans: Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for all full-time employees and their families
  • Generous HSA Contribution
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Family Forming Benefits
  • 401(k) Matching
  • Personal Device Allowance
  • Pre-tax Benefits: Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Commuter Benefits
  • Lifestyle Wallet: Monthly contributions for fitness, professional development, coworking, and more
  • Mental Health Support
  • Sabbatical Leave after 5 years of employment
  • Compensation and Equity: Competitive compensation and equity grants

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