Remote-First Senior IT Automation Architect

Coinbase, Inc.; Springfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Coinbase seeks a Senior IT Support Engineer to own the IT Tooling automation architecture, driving design across n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira, and Okta. You will lead complex automation projects end-to-end, partner with Security and IAM teams, and build reusable components and standards to raise engineering quality.

You will work in a remote-first but highly collaborative environment, engaging with regional IT teams to deliver scalable, cost-effective automation at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IT engineering, automation, or systems engineering, with demonstrated ownership of architecture decisions and platform-level systems others build on top of.
• Deep expertise building and maintaining complex automations with n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira Automation, or Workato, plus strong Git-based development workflows (branching, CI/CD, code review).
• Working knowledge of Okta, Slack API, and Google Workspace administration sufficient to design secure, scalable automation architecture
• Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments, translating loosely scoped problems into production-ready technical specs and clear architecture decision records
• Experience mentoring peers and writing technical design documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture of IT Tooling automations, driving design 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 and raise the team's engineering bar
• Establish code review practices and engineering standards that elevate quality across the IT Tooling platform

Skills

Automation architecture

n8n

Airflow

Temporal

Jira Automation

Git workflows

Okta

Slack API

Google Workspace

Architecture docs

Mentoring

AI tooling

Tools

Okta

Slack API

Google Workspace

Jira Automation

n8n

Airflow

Temporal

Workato

Job description

Coinbase seeks a Senior IT Support Engineer to own the IT Tooling automation architecture, driving design across n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira, and Okta. You will lead complex automation projects end-to-end, partner with Security and IAM teams, and build reusable components and standards to raise engineering quality.

You will work in a remote-first but highly collaborative environment, engaging with regional IT teams to deliver scalable, cost-effective automation at scale.