Senior Workflow Automation Engineer

Try&Hire; Basel; Hybrid; CHF 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Try&Hire is seeking a skilled automation engineer to transform manual processes into automated, scalable solutions. You will identify opportunities, model workflows, and translate business needs into actionable features, building integrations with APIs and AI-powered components.

The role requires designing and integrating solutions across platforms, ensuring security and governance, and establishing reusable components with clear documentation for adoption and measurable efficiency gains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years delivering technology solutions that improve workflows.
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language.
• Experience integrating applications via APIs.
• Experience applying AI to workflows.

Responsibilities

• Identify valuable automation opportunities with experts and stakeholders.
• Analyse, model and redesign processes for automation readiness.
• Translate business and user needs into requirements and product features.
• Design and integrate solutions using workflow platforms, APIs, data, cloud services, robotics and AI.
• Ensure solutions align with security, compliance and governance standards.
• Establish reusable components, engineering practices and documentation.
• Support adoption and measure improvements in efficiency and reliability.

Skills

Automation design

API integration

AI in workflows

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

APIs

Job description

This role drives workflow transformation by converting manual processes into automated, scalable solutions using workflow platforms, integrations, data, robotics and AI.

Your tasks

• Identify valuable automation opportunities with scientific experts and stakeholders
• Analyse, model and redesign processes for automation readiness
• Translate business and user needs into requirements and product features
• Design and integrate solutions using workflow platforms, APIs, data, cloud services, robotics and AI
• Ensure solutions align with security, compliance and governance standards
• Establish reusable components, engineering practices and documentation
• Support adoption and measure improvements in efficiency and reliability

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, data science or related field, or equivalent experience
• At least four years designing and delivering technology solutions improving workflows
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language
• Experience integrating applications, services or data through APIs
• Hands-on experience applying AI such as machine learning or generative AI to workflows
• Ability to guide technical decisions and communicate with technical and non-technical audiences

Conditions

• Workload: 100 %
• Work model: Hybrid
• Option of a permanent position after the assignment if both sides want it

What to expect

• Hybrid working model
• 3–6 months interim, then a permanent position

Technologies

• APIs
• Robotic Process Automation
• Machine Learning
• Generative AI