Loop

Automation Engineer

Loop

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Columbus • California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $126,400 - $189,600 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Partner with business functions to identify a small number of high-leverage workflows where automation can drive outsized impact, rather than spreading effort across many low-value tasks.
  • Build and extend reusable automation workflows that connect internal tools and APIs, with a focus on supporting internal business operations.
  • Maximize native features in 3rd party tools like Rippling, Salesforce, Slack, and/or Gitlab to improve efficiency and reduce the need for custom development.
  • Enable internal self-serve tools and workflows for developers and business users alike, using established patterns and templates.
  • Contribute to a growing automation platform by turning successful one-off solutions into reusable patterns that can be applied across teams with minimal incremental effort.
  • Serve as the technical owner for cross-functional automation initiatives, bringing engineering rigor to internal tooling.
  • Layer AI tools and copilots onto existing infrastructure to empower non-engineers to build, automate, and operate with confidence, establishing guardrails that ensure security, compliance, and maintainability at scale.
  • Track and communicate the impact of automation efforts using practical metrics (e.g., time saved, cycle time reduction, error reduction), helping the organization understand what’s working and why.
  • Help keep teams informed about available automations and self-serve capabilities through documentation, examples, and occasional enablement sessions.

Requirements

  • 4+ years in automation engineering, systems engineering, internal tooling, or related technical roles with a strong focus on reducing manual effort.
  • Experience building production-grade automation that interacts with real systems (APIs, webhooks, event-driven workflows), not just local scripts.
  • Experience designing infrastructure-as-code and reusable automation patterns that scale across teams and tools.
  • Confidently engaging directly with stakeholders to surface pain points, define success metrics, and deliver high-impact automation aligned to business priorities.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver usable, documented internal tooling with minimal overhead and long-term maintainability.
  • Strong prioritization instincts; able to assess and balance competing needs using sound judgment to drive outcomes that maximize value and reduce operational drag.
  • Proven ability to operate independently, navigating ambiguity, building cross-functional relationships, and self-prioritizing work without constant direction.
  • Familiarity with tools or systems that can act on behalf of users (e.g., workflow engines, assistants, or API-driven automation).
Benefits
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • flexible PTO
  • company holidays
  • sick & safe leave
  • parental leave
  • 401k
  • monthly wellness benefit
  • home workstation benefit
  • phone/internet benefit
  • equity

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
automation engineeringsystems engineeringinfrastructure-as-codeAPI integrationevent-driven workflowsproduction-grade automationreusable automation patternsdocumentationmetrics trackingself-serve tools
Soft skills
stakeholder engagementprioritizationindependent operationcross-functional relationshipsjudgmentcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycollaborationtechnical ownership