Senior Automation Engineer

ADVANCE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Advance Software Engineering PTE. LTD. is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to design, build, and own end-to-end automation systems at scale.

This role demands production-grade automation that replaces manual operations across complex environments, with strong ownership and resilience. Responsibilities include architecting scalable automation frameworks, building pipelines with Python (or equivalent), APIs, and event-driven systems, plus CI/CD, testing, and operational workflows.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years in automation engineering (not manual QA)
• Proven experience delivering production-grade automation
• Strong programming skills (Python, Java, or similar)
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD, APIs, testing strategies, and system reliability
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud platforms
• Ability to debug failures across code, infra, and network

Responsibilities

• Design scalable automation frameworks across infra, apps, and workflows
• Build automation using Python, APIs, and event-driven systems
• Develop CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and operational workflows
• Ensure logging, monitoring, and alerting for production readiness
• Own automation lifecycle from design to optimization
• Collaborate with DevOps, QA, Security, and Product teams
• Deliver measurable impact (time saved, incidents reduced, uptime)

Skills

Automation engineering

Python

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Observability

Cloud environments

Debugging

Terraform/Ansible

High scale

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Senior Automation Engineer (High-Impact / Mission-Critical Systems)

Role Overview

We are looking for an elite Automation Engineer who can design, build, and ownend-to-end automation systems at scale. This is not a script-writing role- you will be expected to engineerresilient, production-grade automation that replaces manual operations across complex environments.

You must operate with strong ownership, anticipate failure scenarios, and deliver automation that isobservable, testable, and fault-tolerant under real-world conditions.

Key Responsibilities

Automation Architecture & Engineering

• Design and implementscalable automation frameworks across infrastructure, applications, and workflows
• Build automation usingPython (or equivalent), APIs, and event-driven systems
• Develop pipelines for CI/CD, test automation, and operational workflows

Systems Thinking & Reliability

• Engineer automation withidempotency, rollback, and failure recovery mechanisms
• Identify bottlenecks and eliminate manual dependencies at system level
• Ensure automation is production-ready with logging, monitoring, and alerting

Technical Ownership

• Own automation lifecycle from design → deployment → optimization
• Debug complex failures across distributed systems
• Enforce coding standards, version control, and maintainability

Cross-Functional Impact

• Work with DevOps, QA, Security, and Product teams to automate critical processes
• Challenge inefficient workflows and redesign end-to-end processes
• Deliver measurable impact (time saved, incidents reduced, uptime improved)

Non-Negotiable Requirements

• 5-10+ years in automation engineering (not manual QA or basic scripting)
• Proven experience buildingproduction-grade automation frameworks
• Strong programming skills (Python, Java, or similar- not low-code tools)
• Deep understanding ofCI/CD, APIs, testing strategies, and system reliability
• Experience working withdistributed systems, cloud environments, or large-scale platforms
• Demonstrated ability to debug failures across multiple layers (code, infra, network)

Exceptional Candidate Signals

• Built automation that replaced entire workflows or teams—not just tasks
• Experience withinfrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Strong grasp ofobservability (logs, metrics, tracing)
• Proven impact in high-scale or high-availability environments