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Staff IT Engineer

Ironclad - San Francisco, CA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-08-25

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Salary: USD 160,000 - 185,000 / annual

Ironclad is the leading AI contracting platform transforming how organizations manage agreements. The company unifies contract lifecycle management with AI-powered insights and agents, serving enterprises like Rivian, WHO, and the Associated Press. Ironclad is recognized as a Leader in Forrester Wave and Gartner Magic Quadrant for CLM, backed by top-tier investors including Accel, Y Combinator, and Sequoia. As a Staff Systems Engineer for Automations & Integrations, you will be a hands-on technical leader designing and delivering enterprise-wide automations, AI-assisted workflows, and governed data integrations across Ironclad's business technology landscape. This is an individual contributor role with broad technical scope and influence across the organization. Key responsibilities include: - Design and build robust automations and integrations across business systems (Salesforce, NetSuite, BambooHR, identity, engineering tools) using Workato and adjacent platforms, with emphasis on reliability, observability, and reusability. - Lead complex, cross-functional integration projects end-to-end: requirements, solution design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support for GTM, EPD, and G&A stakeholders. - Operationalize AI-powered workflows and agents by integrating Glean and other AI tools into systems and processes in a governed manner. - Establish and evolve standards for automation design, testing, monitoring, documentation, and security/compliance across Biz Tech and partner teams. - Implement best-in-class error handling, alerting, runbooks, and remediation patterns to minimize business impact. - Champion high-quality engineering practices including version control, peer reviews, CI/CD for recipes, and configuration-as-code approaches. - Partner with stakeholders and executives to translate business problems into technical designs and roadmaps. - Mentor other engineers and analysts through design reviews, pairing, and enablement sessions. - Explore and introduce innovation in automation patterns, AI agentic capabilities, and integration approaches. Required qualifications: - 5+ years in automation, integration, or data engineering roles with track record of owning complex, business-critical systems in SaaS/B2B environments. - Expert-level Workato experience including recipe design, API integrations, custom connectors, error handling, and operational best practices. - Hands-on experience with Glean or similar AI knowledge platforms, including administration and integrating AI retrieval/agentic workflows. - Deep familiarity with enterprise systems (Salesforce, NetSuite, BambooHR, Okta, engineering/ticketing systems). - Strong architectural and automation design skills with ability to define patterns and reusable components. - Solid ETL/ELT, data modeling, and SQL/T-SQL background plus proficiency in Python, Ruby, or similar scripting languages. - Proven experience operationalizing automation workflows and AI models for enterprise use cases with monitoring, observability, and governance. - Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills. - Comfortable leading by influence and mentoring peers without direct people management.

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