Waystone

Lead Automation Engineer

Waystone
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3 months ago
Remote, United Kingdom or Leeds, United KingdomStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead workflow automation and orchestration across the organisation using n8n and Microsoft Power Automate.
  • Define and maintain the automation Centre of Excellence, including standards, reusable patterns, templates, documentation, and operational guardrails.
  • Design and deliver enterprise automations integrating SaaS platforms, internal systems, APIs, cloud services, and third-party providers.
  • Provide hands-on workflow design, configuration, scripting, integration logic, and technical validation.
  • Establish practices for automation testing, deployment, monitoring, error handling, version control, environment separation, and observability.
  • Embed AI capabilities such as LLM calls for classification, extraction, and summarisation into workflows under responsible-AI controls.
  • Partner with AI Engineering on hybrid solutions while owning workflow, integration, and orchestration layers.
  • Support business users, Operations Champions, and Power Users in safely designing and adopting no-code and low-code automations.
  • Review automation designs for fragility, complexity, security risks, control gaps, and supportability.
  • Evaluate emerging automation technologies and maintain an automation capability-maturity roadmap.
  • Coach and mentor engineers, analysts, business users, and automation champions.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in automation, integration, software engineering, workflow orchestration, or a related technical discipline.
  • Strong hands-on experience with n8n and Microsoft Power Automate and good understanding of Microsoft Power Platform.
  • Experience designing, leading, and delivering enterprise automation with low-code platforms.
  • Strong understanding of consuming AI in workflows, including LLM calls, intelligent document processing, and human-in-the-loop design.
  • Experience integrating AI services into automation platforms and familiarity with agents, prompts, guardrails, Microsoft Agent Framework, and LangChain.
  • Strong understanding of APIs, webhooks, event-driven integration, authentication patterns, data mapping, and system-to-system communication.
  • Experience with automation standards, governance, reusable patterns, regulated environments, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring.
  • Fluency in source control, code review, automated testing, CI/CD, and environment management.
  • Understanding of governance, security, privacy, auditability, and data handling in regulated enterprise environments.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Relevant certifications in automation, Microsoft Power Platform, software engineering, integration, process improvement, or AI are desirable.

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About Waystone

1,001-5,000 employees

Waystone provides governance, administration, risk, compliance, and management company (ManCo) services to asset managers and institutional investors, including fund structuring under AIFMD and UCITS. Its business model centers on regulated ManCo platforms, corporate administration, and outsourced compliance, complemented by client portals for reporting and oversight. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Waystone is privately held and backed by Montagu.

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