Senior IT Automation Engineer, IT Tooling | Coinbase Jobs

As a Senior IT Automation Engineer on the IT Tooling team, you will own the technical architecture behind the automations that power IT operations at Coinbase. The team builds self-service workflows, bots, and integrations that employees use daily, from ticket triage and access reviews to onboarding and offboarding. You will drive architecture decisions across n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira, and Okta, partnering with regional IT teams across APAC, EMEA, and AMER.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture of IT Tooling automations, driving 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
• Establish code review practices and engineering standards that raise quality across the IT Tooling platform

Requirements

• 5+ years in IT engineering, automation, or systems engineering, with ownership of architecture decisions and platform-level systems
• Deep expertise building and maintaining complex automations with n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira Automation, or Workato
• Strong Git-based development workflows (branching, CI/CD, code review)
• Working knowledge of Okta, Slack API, and Google Workspace administration
• Ability to work independently in ambiguous environments and turn loosely scoped problems into production-ready technical specs and architecture decision records
• Experience mentoring peers and writing technical design documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight

Skills

Technical Skills

• n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira Automation, Workato
• Git, CI/CD, code review
• Okta, Slack API, Google Workspace administration
• Automation architecture and integration design
• Technical documentation and architecture decision records

Soft Skills

• Independence in ambiguous environments
• Mentoring and technical leadership
• Cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences

Job Details

• Location: Remote-first (quarterly in-person “surges”)
• Work Mode: Remote-first
• Salary: $113,815 - $133,900 USD annual base (varies by location, excludes equity and bonus)

Benefits

• Equity and bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)