Staff Automation Engineer

Q2

Hybrid Actively hiring
Austin, TX Posted 18 days ago
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TL;DR

Q2 seeks an experienced Staff Automation Engineer to lead technical initiatives focused on automation, engineering productivity, and delivery optimization. This hands-on role involves designing scalable tools and systems that reduce manual effort and enhance platform reliability by working closely with Engineering, Product, and Delivery teams to identify inefficiencies and transform them into automated solutions. Key responsibilities include building internal platforms, refactoring legacy systems, integrating AI capabilities, maintaining data pipelines, resolving complex production issues, and promoting best practices in code quality and system design. The ideal candidate has a strong background in Python or similar languages, experience with backend systems, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems, and familiarity with Agile methodologies. This role is particularly relevant for those interested in the banking industry and aims to significantly improve software delivery processes through automation and engineering excellence.

Skills

Python SQL APIs MVPD Agile CI/CD AWS GCP Azure ETL AI/LLM-based tooling observability logging monitoring Vue Angular React test automation frameworks auto-mocking工具 SOLID原则

What you'll do

  • Design and build automation solutions to streamline delivery workflows and reduce manual effort.
  • Refactor and modernize existing systems to improve scalability, maintainability, and performance.
  • Identify high-effort processes and convert them into reusable, scalable automated solutions.
  • Architect backend services and APIs supporting automation and platform capabilities.
  • Lead resolution of complex production issues with systemic, long-term fixes.
  • Build and maintain data pipelines for automation, analytics, and intelligent workflows.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with focus on backend systems or platform development
  • Strong proficiency in Python (or similar language) and SQL
  • Proven experience building automation tools, internal platforms, or developer productivity solutions
  • Expertise in code refactoring, system optimization, and improving legacy codebases
  • Deep expertise in debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of production systems
  • Experience designing APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
  • Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and engineering best practices

Market check

Salary context

This listing doesn't show a salary. Similar roles on FindRole typically pay $132,000–$230,000.

Peer median band

$132,000–$230,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$156,000–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

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* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Q2

Q2 Holdings is a cloud-based banking software company providing digital banking solutions to banks, credit unions, and alternative financial companies, including consumer and business banking platforms. Industry: Financial Technology & Digital Banking

Q2 currently has 50 open roles on FindRole.

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