Senior Automation Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p data-start="385" data-end="440"><strong data-start="385" data-end="438">Join Atlas Air Worldwide. Move the World with Us!</strong></p> <p data-start="447" data-end="823">At Atlas Air Worldwide, we’re not just an airline, we’re a global engine powering cargo, passenger, and leasing operations across more than 70 countries. As a leader in outsourced aviation logistics, we’re built on a foundation of <strong data-start="679" data-end="689">safety</strong>, <strong data-start="691" data-end="713">service excellence</strong>, <strong data-start="715" data-end="728">integrity</strong>, <strong data-start="730" data-end="744">innovation</strong>, <strong data-start="746" data-end="758">teamwork</strong>, and <strong data-start="764" data-end="782">responsibility</strong>.&nbsp; With over 30 years of history, a modern all-Boeing fleet, and nearly 5,000 teammates collaborating across operations, technical, and corporate functions, we’re driven by purpose.&nbsp;</p> <p data-start="1265" data-end="1369"><strong data-start="1265" data-end="1369">If you're ready to grow, innovate, and help us deliver excellence every single day, you belong here.</strong></p></div><p>*This role is flexible to be based in White Plains, NY; Erlanger, KY; or Miami, FL office.</p> <p>Atlas Air is on a mission to transform how our operations run — and automation is at the center of that work. As a Senior Automation Engineer, you'll design and deliver solutions that eliminate manual bottlenecks, connect enterprise systems, and make our most critical workflows faster and more reliable. This isn't a maintenance role. You'll be solving hard, ambiguous problems where both the business requirements and the technical path forward need to be defined from scratch.</p> <p>You'll work closely with operational and technical stakeholders across the business, translating complex process challenges into elegant, scalable automation — and helping set the strategic direction for how we build and scale automation capability at the enterprise level.</p> <p><strong><u>Values and Behavioral Standards:</u></strong>&nbsp; To ensure the effective communication and application of company values and behavioral standards, as stated in our company “Code of Conduct” policy, and to respond appropriately in the event of any known departure, and to manage the people and processes for which the position is responsible in an effective, open and mature fashion.</p> <p><strong><u>Major Accountabilities:</u></strong></p> <ul> <li>Design and implement end-to-end automation solutions across enterprise systems, including ERP and WMS</li> <li>Build robust integrations using APIs, webhooks, event-driven patterns, and messaging queues</li> <li>Write clean, maintainable automation scripts in Python, PowerShell, or JavaScript</li> <li>Work across cloud and serverless environments (AWS or Azure) and enterprise data platforms such as Databricks, Redshift, or BigQuery</li> <li>Develop and manage complex job scheduling, orchestration, and dependency chains</li> <li>Incorporate AI-based automation where it meaningfully improves outcomes</li> <li>Own reliability — design for error handling, monitoring, and operational visibility from the start</li> <li>Contribute to and help shape Atlas's enterprise automation roadmap</li> <li>Mentor junior engineers and raise the technical bar across the team</li> <li>Clearly articulate solution tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Qualifications:&nbsp; </u></strong></p> <ul> <li>7+ years of experience as an Automation Engineer or in a closely related role</li> <li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field</li> <li>Proven track record delivering automation solutions in complex, enterprise-scale environments</li> <li>Deep proficiency with workflow and orchestration tools, scripting languages, and system integration patterns</li> <li>Comfort working with structured and semi-structured data (JSON, XML, SQL)</li> <li>A process optimization mindset — you find inefficiency frustrating and fixing it energizing</li> <li>Experience influencing technical roadmaps beyond your immediate team</li> <li>Ability to move fast in an iterative environment without sacrificing quality</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to afford equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, place of birth, age, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable in accordance with federal, state and local laws.</p> <p>If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law document by clicking "<a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/poster">EEO Is The Law</a>" .</p> <p>To view our Pay Transparency Statement, please click here: <a id="menur3s9" class="fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" href="https://www.atlasairworldwide.com/pay-transparency-policy/" target="_blank">Pay Transparency Statement</a></p> <p>Competitive compensation will be offered based on a variety of factors, including a candidate's experience, skills, education, geographic location, internal equity and other factors. In addition, a range of benefits to include medical, dental and vision insurance, employee assistance program, as well as generous paid time off, and 401K contributions are offered as a part of the total compensation package.</p></div><div class="title">Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$115,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$153,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p data-start="1415" data-end="1667">At&nbsp;<strong data-start="1418" data-end="1441">Atlas Air Worldwide</strong>, we believe in the power of people, the promise of innovation, and the responsibility we hold to each other, to our customers, and to the planet. Join us and be part of a team that lifts more than cargo; we lift ambition.</p></div>