About Workato

Workato delivers enterprise infrastructure for the agentic era redefining iPaaS and helping enterprises unify data applications processes and AI into a single governed platform. A leader in Enterprise MCP and trusted by 50% of the Fortune 500 Workatos cloud-native architecture connects every application data source and process to power real-time orchestration at scale. With enterprise-grade security and continuous innovation at its core Workato provides the trusted foundation for organizations to automate with confidence and operationalize AI across the business. To learn more visit

Why join us

Ultimately Workato believes in fostering a flexible trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company.

But we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. Thats why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives.

If this sounds right up your alley please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!

Also feel free to check out why:

• Business Insider named us an enterprise startup to bet your career on

• Forbes Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world

• Deloitte Tech Fast 500 ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area and 96th in North America

• Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers

Responsibilities

We are seeking an exceptional Staff Automation Engineer to design and implement innovative solutions that empower our Product Engineering and Customer Success teams to move faster build smarter and deliver more value to our customers.

Youll work at the intersection of SaaS cloud platforms and automationprovisioning and managing cloud resources developing tools for seamless operations and automating critical infrastructure processes. Your expertise will help incubate new projects streamline CI/CD and ensure our environments are secure scalable and reliable.

If you thrive in a collaborative fast-paced environment and love solving complex challenges with technology this is your opportunity to make a real impact. Join us and help drive the next generation of cloud automation at Workato!

In this role you will also be responsible to:

• Lead end-to-end cloud infrastructure automation projects aligned to business requirements owning architecture delivery and outcomes across the full project lifecycle to drive operational efficiency scalability and reliability in the business.

• Design challenging enterprise-grade automation architectures spanning multi-system integrations event-driven workflows and infrastructure provisioning pipelines.

• Architect and implement cloud infrastructure for project incubation including provisioning cloud accounts deploying services automating CI/CD pipelines and enforcing security best practices.

• Design and automate infrastructure-related processes to drive operational efficiency scalability and reliability.

• Partner closely with stakeholders across product security engineering operations and business leadership to translate needs into technical solutions communicating trade-offs clearly to both technical and executive audiences.

• Drive cross-functional project execution anticipate risks early remove blockers and keep delivery moving without sacrificing scalability or quality.

• Design build and enhance tools for efficient management and monitoring of cloud services and resources. These tools will be used by Product Marketing and Field teams to create and maintain connectors build POCs and impactful demos.

• Mentor and elevate peer engineers through design reviews hands-on coaching and knowledge transfer on complex cloud infrastructure topics.

• Set the technical bar for the team by championing best practices in solution design documentation governance and continuous learning.

• Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies tools and Workato features to enhance automation capabilities and infrastructure operations.

Requirements

Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills

Required:

• 7 years of hands-on experience delivering end-to-end automation and cloud infrastructure projects from requirements through production deployment.

• Demonstrated experience managing full project lifecycles: scoping architecture stakeholder alignment delivery and post-launch iteration.

• Track record of delivering complex multi-system integrations in cross-functional environments involving Engineering Product and business stakeholders.

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and IaC tools (Terraform CloudFormation) in real production environments not just prototypes.

• Proven experience designing building and maintaining automation solutions for cloud infrastructure (AWS Azure GCP or similar) including CI/CD pipelines infrastructure provisioning and SDLC best practices.

• Strong hands-on knowledge of cloud architecture networking and security best practices.

• Hands-on experience with iPaaS workflow automation or low-code/no-code integration platforms; Workato experience strongly preferred.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills able to translate technical complexity for both engineering and business audiences.

• Strong technical documentation skills for solutions architectures and operational processes.

Ideal:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or a related field.

• Experience mentoring engineers and driving adoption of engineering best practices at team level.

• Workato platform certification or demonstrated advanced proficiency.

• Experience with process orchestration tools implementing integration projects involving complex enterprise systems (e.g. SAP Oracle Dynamics) and cloud business apps (e.g. Workday NetSuite Salesforce).

• Certifications in major cloud platforms (AWS Certified Solutions Architect Azure Solutions Architect etc.).

• Background in enterprise architecture and solution design patterns (e.g. SOLID DRY KISS).

• Familiarity with security automation policy-as-code and cloud governance frameworks.

• Experience integrating cloud infrastructure with business systems (e.g. ITSM CRM ERP) via APIs and connectors.

Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics

• Collaboration & Stakeholder Partnership: Has worked across Engineering Product Customer Success and business teams on real end-to-end projects knows how to align stakeholders navigate competing priorities and keep delivery moving.

• Communication: Communicates complex technical concepts clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences in written docs design reviews and stakeholder presentations.

• Ownership & Initiative: Takes end-to-end accountability for project outcomes from ambiguous requirements to delivered solution without needing direction or hand-holding.

• Adaptability: Has navigated changing requirements shifting priorities and technical unknowns mid-project and delivered anyway.

• Influence & Leadership: Drives technical decisions and best practices through expertise and credibility; mentors peers and elevates team capability.

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