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Company & Culture:
EXANTE is a pioneering wealth tech company that delivers cutting-edge centralized trading solutions and robust B2B financial infrastructure, driving value through innovative technology. Our proprietary trading platform provides seamless access to a diverse range of financial instruments, including stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures, and options, all within a single, multi-currency account. As a rapidly expanding global firm with over 600 talented employees from 65 nationalities across 70 locations, we are a frontrunner in the financial sector. Our investment priorities are clear: We prioritize investing in our most valuable asset—our people. Join us in shaping the future of finance.
About The Role:
The Senior Automation Engineer plays a key role in designing, building, and maintaining advanced Jira Data Center automations at scale. This role requires a deep understanding of Jira internals, ScriptRunner Groovy development, and cross-system integrations. You will lead complex technical initiatives, optimize system performance, mentor mid-level engineers, and ensure the automation framework remains robust, reusable, and compliant with security and governance standards.
Reporting Line: Automation Team Lead
Worksite: Remote
Responsibilities:
Automation Architecture & Development:
– Design and implement scalable Jira automation components using ScriptRunner and Jira REST/Java APIs.
– Build reusable Groovy utility libraries and shared frameworks for the team.
– Architect integrations with enterprise systems (HRIS, Finance, GitHub, PostgreSQL, etc.).
Performance & Scaling:
– Optimize Jira Data Center performance across multiple nodes (indexing, caching, automation throughput).
– Collaborate with DBAs to tune PostgreSQL performance, automate cleanup, and manage large datasets.
– Lead automation performance benchmarking and refactoring efforts to improve efficiency.
Governance & Reliability:
– Maintain backup and restore standards for automation scripts, workflows, and configurations.
– Conduct disaster recovery simulations and ensure data restoration readiness.
– Audit automation for security, performance, and compliance (GDPR, data protection).
– Implement structured logging and monitoring (Graylog, Grafana).
– Enforce version control and peer review standards across all automation assets.
– Implement automated validation and linting pipelines for Groovy scripts and configuration exports.
Collaboration & Leadership:
– Mentor Middle Engineers on scripting, architecture, and problem-solving approaches.
– Review complex automation code for maintainability and adherence to best practices.
– Work closely with the Automation Team Lead and business stakeholders to align automation priorities with company goals.
– Contribute to the automation CI/CD pipeline, ensuring controlled deployment, testing, and rollback strategies.
– Drive internal automation documentation standards and maintain a central knowledge base in Confluence.
Required Skills & Experience:
– Experience: 4+ years of Jira Administration, Automation, and ScriptRunner development in Jira Data Center.
– Technical Mastery:
– Advanced Groovy scripting and REST/Java API integration skills.
– Proven experience with ScriptRunner listeners, post-functions, validators, and REST endpoints.
– Strong knowledge of Jira internals — caching, indexing, and performance optimization.
– Experience with Assets/Insight schema design for multi-company and large-scale environments.
– Proficiency with Git, branching strategies, and code review workflows.
– Proficiency in analyzing Jira logs, thread dumps, and GC metrics to diagnose automation-related performance issues.
– Experience troubleshooting complex workflows and ScriptRunner executions in clustered environments.
– Infrastructure Awareness: Familiarity with PostgreSQL tuning, Linux-based Jira administration, and Docker environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
– Experience with CI/CD pipelines for Jira automation deployment.
– Familiarity with ScriptRunner, Structure and Advanced Roadmaps.
– Experience integrating Jira with BambooHR, Tempo, Vaultwarden, or similar systems.
– Knowledge of Atlassian ecosystem APIs and plugin development.
– Experience designing monitoring dashboards for automation metrics using Grafana or Kibana.
– Understanding of data security, GDPR, and enterprise compliance frameworks.
– Positive and proactive about adopting AI tools.
Personality / Mindset:
– Integrity & loyalty
– Analytical mindset
– Ownership mentality
– Mentorship capability
– Cross-team collaboration
– Capability to work and succeed in the fast pace and ever-changing environment.
We Offer:
– Competitive salary.
– Corporate benefits (choose your preferred options).
– Truly inspiring culture, pleasant and informal work environment.
– Ongoing education & training programs.
– Opportunity to network and connect in Corporate Events.
– Global career opportunities.
Benefits/perks vary depending on the nature of your employment with the company and the country where you work.