HR Automation Engineer

Remote; Indonesia; Remote; IDR 905.737.000 - 2.037.705.000; Full time

Job summary

A global HR tech company is looking for an experienced People Operations professional to design and optimize processes, drive automation, and enhance employee experience. Ideal candidates will have expertise in HR technology and strong project management skills. This fully remote role offers competitive compensation ranging from $55,250 to $124,300, with a focus on fair pay and inclusivity.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible work environment

Diversity and inclusion programs

Qualifications

• Experience in People Operations or HR in a global, fast-scaling environment.
• Strong process design skills with the ability to map, redesign, and document workflows.
• Proficiency with automation and HR technology including HRIS and ticketing systems.
• Analytical mindset to interpret data for operational improvements.
• Project management expertise leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for global audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize global People processes to reduce friction.
• Drive automation and tooling improvements for efficiency.
• Partner with teams to evolve internal infrastructure.
• Lead complex projects and act as an escalation point.
• Enable internal team maturity through documentation.

Skills

Process design skills

Proficiency with automation and HR technology

Analytical mindset

Project management expertise

Stakeholder management skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Experience in People Operations or HR

Tools

HRIS

Zapier

Workato

Job description

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote. We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

What this job can offer you

• Design and optimize global People processes (onboarding, mobility, offboarding, etc.) to reduce friction and improve quality and consistency.
• Drive automation and tooling improvements to eliminate manual work, reduce response time, and increase scalability across the People team.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and IT to evolve internal infrastructure, HR platforms, and cross-functional workflows supporting employee lifecycle events.
• Lead complex projects and act as an escalation point for ambiguous or cross-functional operational challenges.
• Enable internal team maturity through documentation, knowledge management, and implementation of best practices.

2025 Focus Areas

• Build and implement automations across top-volume service requests (e.g., reporting line changes, time off, contract updates).
• Redesign onboarding and mobility workflows to improve employee clarity and operational handoffs.
• Establish a self-service documentation library to reduce inbound volume and increase knowledge accessibility.
• Partner with Product to evolve internal employee support tooling and reduce friction in cross-functional handoffs.

Key Performance Metrics

• Process improvement velocity: # of workflows redesigned, documented, or automated per quarter
• Operational efficiency: Reduction in manual touchpoints, duplicated work, or turnaround time across People Ops tasks
• Tool and platform adoption: % of People team enabled on key tools and workflows
• Employee experience impact: CSAT / feedback scores on People interactions and lifecycle moments
• Knowledge accessibility: Reduction in repeated inquiries due to clearer documentation and support resources

What you bring

• Experience in People Operations or HR in a global, fast-scaling environment, with a proven track record of optimizing processes and improving employee experience.
• Strong process design skills: ability to map, redesign, and document workflows for scalability and clarity.
• Proficiency with automation and HR technology (e.g., HRIS, ticketing systems, workflow automation tools such as Zapier, Workato, or native platform automations).
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into operational improvements and measurable results.
• Project management expertise: comfortable leading cross-functional initiatives from scope definition to delivery, with clear milestones and outcomes.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills: including the ability to partner effectively with Product, Engineering, IT, and other internal teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly in creating clear, accessible documentation for global audiences
• Comfort with ambiguity and problem-solving: skilled at navigating complex, unclear situations and creating structure.

Bonus: Experience in a fully remote, distributed environment and familiarity with asynchronous communication best practice

Practicals

• You'll report to: Director of Global People Enablement
• Team: People
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritise applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify;
• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is $55,250 USD to $124,300 USD. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

We acknowledge and respect GDPR requirements for data privacy during the recruitment process.

Application process

• Interview with recruiter
• Interview with future manager
• Interview with team members (no managers present)

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

We will review your public LinkedIn profile, and this may influence our decision to proceed with your application.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check seehere.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.

Voluntary Self-Identification Questions

Voluntary Self-Identification

Remote is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and as such it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Through the below self-identification survey, we invite you to share your demographic information. This information will be used to ensure that our hiring process is inclusive and that people of all backgrounds are represented in our talent pool. All answers are anonymous and will not be tied to your job application or candidate profile. The data will be aggregated and only used internally to inform our hiring strategies and processes to ensure we are actively working toward creating access to opportunities among under-represented groups and increasing our teams’ diversity. The access to the collected data is limited on a need-to-know basis. These questions are optional and voluntary, and will not have any impact on hiring outcomes.

Visit the Remote Handbook to read more about how diversity, equity, and inclusion are a way of life at Remote.

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