IT Automation Engineer

About Us

At Hiya, we're making calls safe, useful, and human again.

Voice is the most human form of communication, yet it's become one of the least trusted. Spam, scams, and AI manipulation have eroded what was once a simple way to connect. Hiya is changing that.

Each month our AI voice technology analyzes 28+ billion calls, protecting over 550 million users and 800+ businesses worldwide. Partnering with a growing global network including, AT&T, Samsung, British Telecom EE, Rogers, MasOrange,Bell Canada, MasMovil, and Virgin Media O2, we're not just stopping bad actors, we're helping people feel good and confident about picking up the phone again.

This is a pivotal moment for voice. As new threats and technologies accelerate, so does demand for trusted voice communication. Hiya is growing 40%+ year over year, expanding globally, and defining what voice becomes next.

Join us. You won't just work on what voice is today, you'll shape what it becomes tomorrow: smarter, safer, and genuinely worth answering again.

About the Position

The IT Automation Engineer is an individual contributor role focused on delivering reliable, high-quality IT support for employees across Seattle and remote teams in North America. This role is responsible for day-to-day IT operations including end-user support, device management, identity and access administration, and SaaS tooling.

In addition to core IT responsibilities, this role supports the company’s security and compliance efforts by assisting with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audits. You will partner with Security and Coretech teams to collect and validate audit evidence, support control testing, and help ensure our internal systems meet security best practices. This role is ideal for someone who wants to excel in a foundational IT support position, spending most of their time supporting employees through core IT operations while gaining thoughtful, practical exposure to security and compliance initiatives.

What You’ll Do

Core IT Support & Operations

• Provide first- and second-line IT support for Seattle-based and remote employees

• Manage device setup, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting for macOS and Windows devices

• Administer identity and access management through Okta (user lifecycle, MFA, access requests)

• Support Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Atlassian, GitHub, and AI tools

• Assist with onboarding, offboarding, and role changes

• Support SaaS license management and inventory tracking

• Document processes and continuously improve IT workflows

• Collaborate with global IT and cross-functional teams

Security & Compliance Support

• Assist with annual SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audit cycles

• Collect, organize, and validate audit evidence from systems such as Okta, Jamf, Google Workspace, AWS, and other cloud platforms

• Support periodic control testing and playbook validation

• Monitor and escalate security-related alerts and issues in partnership with Security

• Help ensure security controls and IT best practices are consistently applied

How You’ll Spend Your Time

• 50–60%: Day-to-day IT support and operations (end-user support, device management, access requests, SaaS administration)

• 30–40%: Security, compliance, and audit support (SOC 2, ISO 27001 evidence collection, control validation, security tooling support)

• The exact balance may shift by quarter depending on audit cycles and company priorities

Qualities that will make you successful:

• Strong IT support fundamentals and comfort handling day-to-day operational work

• Interest in security and compliance, with an understanding of how to apply basic cybersecurity hygiene in daily IT operations, including principles like least privilege and secure access management.

• Comfortable working with automation, scripting, or security tools to streamline evidence gathering and validation.

• Organized and methodical, especially when handling documentation and evidence

• Analytical and resourceful when navigating technical systems to solve problems

• Comfortable working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Clear communicator who sets expectations and follows through

• Curious, collaborative, and motivated by improving internal systems

The requirements listed in the job descriptions are guidelines. You don’t have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable we would still love to hear from you.

How We Work

Hiya is not a passive environment. We expect people to take ownership, form opinions, and engage directly with hard problems.

We work with a high degree of transparency and autonomy. Context is shared openly, and decisions are discussed, challenged, and then made. Once a call is made, we commit and move forward.

You’ll be expected to work through ambiguity, weigh tradeoffs, and take responsibility for results—while keeping a high bar for quality and customer trust.

Every team member at Hiya is expected to live our core values:

• Serve, our customers and partners by holding a high bar for trust and quality

• Own, share in success and open up to failures

• Lead, listen, show up with a point of view but commit entirely once a decision has been made

• Improve, even if it means changing course or contradicting ourselves

• Do, rather than observe

Our Interview Process

At Hiya, our interview process is designed to evaluate candidates through real, experience-based work. We focus on understanding how you think, exercise judgment, use leverage (including AI), and collaborate, rather than how well you perform in traditional interviews.

Process Overview

Our standard interview process follows this sequence:

• Initial Screen: We confirm baseline alignment, role interest, relevant experience, and logistics.

• Hiring Manager (HM) Screen: We evaluate role fit, expectations, and execution readiness.

• Take Home Working Assignment: You'll complete a take-home, role-relevant assignment designed to reflect the kind of work you would do at Hiya. The assignment focuses on how you think, prioritize, and explain your approach. You'll review your work and discuss your reasoning with the interview panel

• Onsite Interview Loop: Each interviewer focuses on specific competencies, evaluating how you make decisions, navigate tradeoffs, and collaborate in real time

  • Hiya Future Values Interview: An independent conversation focused on your long-term potential, judgment under ambiguity, and ability to create sustained value as scope and complexity increase.

• Reference Check: As a final step, we connect with 2–3 past supervisors to gain additional perspective on your experience and working style, and to further understand how you align with Hiya’s values.

How We Invest in You

Compensation & Ownership

• Base Salary: $87,200-$113,00

• Equity Compensation: ownership aligned with your impact and the company’s growth

• Compensation is determined by role scope, skills, experience, location, and market data.

Benefits & Support

• Employer-sponsored Insurance

  • Medical, dental, and vision (PPO & HDHP); 50% dependent coverage

  • Health, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts

  • Life, AD&D, and accident coverage, with company-paid life and long-term disability

• 401(k) with 3% company match (via Fidelity)

• Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays

• Paid parental leave

• Work-from-home equipment stipend

• $1,000 annually to invest in your learning and growth

• $1,000/year in charitable donation matching

• Team lunch 2x per week

This position is based in Seattle, WA, USA.

We are building a team with a variety of perspectives, identities, and professional experiences. We evaluate great candidates through a business lens and we strongly believe that diversity and unique perspectives make our company stronger, more dynamic, and a great place to build a career.

Our team has won various awards over the last 4 years from Built-in Seattle and Seattle Business Week to #86 on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Forbes #1 Startup Employer. Here at Hiya, we are a people-centric company focused on helping each and every one of our employees grow both personally and professionally. We feel that creating a team culture of support and empowerment to challenge the status quo results in an energized and passionate team that is continuously challenged and passionate about the work they are doing. You'll love working here if you are looking for an innovative challenge that is disrupting an industry. Come join us!