Integration and Automation Engineer

About Bolt Bolt is shaping a future where cities are built for people, not cars. What started as an ambitious project of a 19-year-old in 2013 has grown into a global mobility platform used by more than 200 million customers and 4.5 million driver and courier partners across 50 countries. From ride-hailing and food delivery to scooters, e-bikes, and car-sharing, Bolt helps people move through cities every day. Small, autonomous teams drive this work, combining the speed and ownership of a startup with the scale of a global technology company backed by more than €1bn in funding. And we're just getting started. Why join Bolt? Build the future of mobility and help transform how people live and move in cities.Tackle challenges at scale that span technology, operations, regulation, and growth.Take real ownership early. Small, lean teams mean your decisions matter from day one, and you'll learn fast alongside some of the best people in the industry.Join one of Europe's leading technology companies, backed by world-class investors including Sequoia. About The Role Join Bolt as an Integration / Automation Engineer to build integrations, automation, and internal tooling that connect our People Technology ecosystem across HRIS, ATS, performance, payroll, identity, and data systems. You'll initially focus on integrations and automation supporting major platform changes, while growing towards agentic and AI-powered automation as the platform evolves. Your work will help create a reliable and scalable People Technology foundation that reduces manual effort and enables smarter automation. In this role, you will be working on delivering well-defined integrations, automations, and components from implementation through testing, release, and production support. This is a generalist role where you'll grow across integration engineering and AI-powered automation rather than specialising in a single area. You'll build within established architecture and standards, applying a high bar for correctness and auditability when working with sensitive employee data and employment-related processes. Main Tasks And Responsibilities Building and delivering reliable integrations, event flows, automation, and internal tooling using established engineering patterns.Supporting platform migrations through backfills, validation, reconciliation, parallel running, and safe handling of data changes.Ensuring production reliability through automated testing, monitoring, alerting, root-cause investigation, and clear runbooks.Protecting data integrity and sensitive employee information through safe retries, validation, access controls, and auditable changes.Contributing to agentic and AI-powered automation as the platform evolves, including building tooling that agents can safely use.Maintaining clear documentation, contributing to code and design reviews, and continuously improving your understanding of People processes. About You You have strong Python skills and can work confidently and carefully within an existing production codebase.You have practical experience integrating third-party APIs and understand how to handle unexpected failures and unreliable vendor behaviour.You understand asynchronous processing, event-driven patterns, and the challenges of building reliable distributed systems.You have working knowledge of SQL and familiarity with authentication standards such as OAuth 2.0 and SSO, or can learn them quickly.You're interested in AI and agentic automation, while recognising when a simpler, deterministic solution is the better approach.You communicate technical concepts clearly, know when to ask rather than assume, and handle sensitive personal data with care. Why you’ll love it here Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.Enjoy a rewarding salary and stock options, knowing that as Bolt succeeds, so do you.Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.Celebrate 5 years at Bolt with a 1-month paid sabbatical to recharge.Connect with colleagues at annual company events and smaller team gatherings.Balance flexibility and in-person collaboration with our hybrid model, including at least 12 monthly in-office days. Some perks may differ depending on your location and role. At Bolt, using AI daily is a baseline expectation for everyone. If there’s a faster, smarter way to do your work, we expect you to find it. You’re still responsible for the output, so the standard stays high when using AI tools. Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying! Everyone is welcome Bolt is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, nationality, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are happy to make reasonable accommodations throughout our hiring process. If you require any adjustments, please let us know.