Senior IT Automation Engineer

at Coinbase

📍 India

INR 3,419,600 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

Tech Stack
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AI @ 6 API @ 4 Airflow @ 6 CI/CD @ 7 GenAI Generative AI @ 6 Git @ 7 Jira @ 6 Security Slack @ 4 Workato @ 6

Details

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company, with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges.” The IT Tooling team sits within IT Support & Services and builds automations that power IT operations, including ticket triage, access reviews, onboarding, and offboarding. The team partners with regional IT teams across APAC, EMEA, and AMER using platforms such as n8n, Jira, Okta, Airflow, and Temporal.

Responsibilities

Own the technical architecture of IT Tooling automations, including system structure, integration patterns, and tooling across n8n, Airflow, Temporal, and Jira.
Establish architecture standards and code review practices that improve the team’s engineering standards.
Serve as the technical DRI for complex, high-impact automation projects from discovery and design through production delivery.
Partner with Security, Corporate Engineering, and IAM to resolve technical blockers and participate in cross-functional architecture discussions.
Build shared frameworks and reusable components that reduce single points of failure across the platform.
Produce architecture documentation and decision records that enable the team to scale with minimal dependency on any individual.
Independently manage workload and translate loosely scoped problems into production-ready technical specifications.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in IT engineering, automation, or systems engineering, with demonstrated ownership of architecture decisions, engineering standards, or platform-level systems.
Deep expertise building and maintaining complex automations using n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira Automation, or Workato.
Strong Git-based development workflows, including branching, CI/CD, and code review.
Working knowledge of Okta, the Slack API, and Google Workspace administration sufficient to design secure, scalable automation architecture.
Ability to operate in ambiguous environments and translate loosely scoped problems into production-ready technical specifications.
Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Compensation

Annual base salary: ₹3,419,600 INR, excluding equity and bonus.
Total compensation may also include equity, bonus eligibility, and medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Additional Information

Candidates may submit a maximum of three applications within a six-month period.
Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.
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