Senior Automation Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About the Engineering Organization :

The Engineering Team at Loop is a balance of agility, consistency, and performance. These are the pillars that allow the team to constantly and consistently deliver value that matters to customers. That customer intimacy is what allows our engineering teams to be the best in our space, and bring the best ideas to the market.

About the Role :

We’re looking for a Senior Automation Engineer to take ownership of automating high-impact, repetitive workflows across IT, Security, Compliance, and other business functions while enabling self-serve internal tooling patterns that reduce friction across the business. This role focuses on maximizing the automation and AI capabilities of our existing tools, Rippling, GitLab, GSuite, Vanta, Slack, and others, and only builds custom solutions where they provide clear, measurable business value.

You’ll partner with leaders across multiple business units to identify bottlenecks, manual processes, and gaps in operational scalability. Then you’ll implement streamlined, engineering-centric solutions that reduce costs, accelerate time to value, and improve our security and compliance posture. This is a hands-on, impact-oriented role that blends strong systems thinking with a product-minded approach to internal enablement.

Our Blended Work Environment :

At Loop, we’re intentional about the way we work so that we can do our best work. We call this our Blended Working Environment. We work from our HQ in Columbus, OH, or one of our Hub or Secluded locations, and are distributed throughout the United States, select Canadian provinces, and the United Kingdom. For this position, we’re looking for someone to join us in Columbus, OH; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA; or fully remote.

Our Tech Stack :

Rippling, JAMF, Google Workspace, GitLab, Slack, Jira, AWS Cloud, Vanta, Datadog, Terraform, and other SaaS platforms with built-in automation capabilities.

What You'll Do :

• Partner with every major business function to identify repetitive tasks and manual workflows that can be replaced with automation and integrations.
• Build or extend automations that reduce audit burden, reduce toil and repetitive tasks, speed up employee lifecycle processes, and cut operational overhead.
• Maximize native features in tools like Rippling, Vanta, Slack, and Gitlab to improve efficiency and reduce the need for custom development.
• Automate security and compliance guardrails, including GitLab pipeline integrations, access reviews, anomaly detection, and evidence collection.
• Enable internal self-serve tools and workflows for developers and business users alike, using established patterns and templates.
• Drive a central automation backlog, meeting regularly with stakeholders to refine priorities based on measurable impact.
• 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.

Your Experience :

We know that making decisions about your career and compensation is a huge deal. Because of that, we’re incredibly thoughtful about our compensation strategy. We want you to feel safe and excited, but also comfortable with the compensation package of a startup. We’ve outlined some important information for you here, but please know there’s a lot more to compensation than we can cover in this job posting.

The posted salary range is the base salary for this opportunity. The salary range is subject to change, and may be adjusted in the future.

The actual annual salary paid for this position will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to : your prior experience and skills related to the position, geographic location, company needs, current market demands, and your total compensation goals.

Great humans deserve great benefits. At Loop, you’ll be eligible for benefits such as : medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible PTO, company holidays, sick & safe leave, parental leave, 401k, monthly wellness benefit, home workstation benefit, phone / internet benefit, and equity.

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Loop Story

In a perfect world, Loop wouldn't exist. If we had our way, we'd live in a world where we're mindful about how we consume, we love every product we own, and we share   values with the brands who create them. In reality, commerce isn't perfect and often breaks. Loop creates second   chances.

We're starting by revolutionizing the post-purchase experience. We've taken one of the most fragile commerce interactions - returns - and turned it into something consumers actually love, and that deepens our connection to brands and products.

We take connection seriously on the inside, too. We're building a work experience that allows you to Be A Human First and prioritizes empathy and wellbeing. We view Loop as a special place in your career to shape the future of an industry and become a better person while doing it. You can grow faste r here in a shorter amount of time - we'll give you space and trust you to fill it.

Learn more about us here : https : / / loopreturns.com / careers.

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