AI Automation Engineer (Part-Time)
- Location: Remote (Canada preferred)
- Hours: :20 hours/week
- Working Hours: Partial overlap with 8:00 AM–4:00 PM Pacific Time
- Budget: :$900/month (flexible for the right candidate)
- Start Date: ASAP
About The Role
We're looking for an experienced
AI Automation Engineer to design, build, deploy, and maintain AI-powered workflows and autonomous agents across multiple businesses. You'll work directly with the founders to create scalable AI systems that automate marketing, operations, reporting, and internal processes.
This is a technical role focused on building reliable, production-ready AI solutions—not just creating prompts or marketing automations.
Responsibilities
- Design and build AI-powered workflows using Make, n8n, APIs, and LLMs
- Build AI agents and multi-agent systems for business automation
- Integrate AI with CRM, email platforms, databases, webhooks, and third-party APIs
- Develop AI-assisted coding workflows using Claude Code or similar tools
- Debug, optimize, and maintain AI workflows in production
- Implement monitoring, logging, testing, and observability
- Optimize model selection, latency, token usage, and costs
- Deploy and maintain workflows using cloud platforms, Docker, or serverless infrastructure
- Document reusable systems and automation frameworks
- Collaborate closely with the founders to rapidly prototype and improve AI solutions
Required Skills
- Strong Python programming skills
- Experience working with REST APIs, JSON, webhooks, and Git
- Experience with Make, n8n, or similar workflow automation platforms
- Experience building AI agents and multi-agent workflows
- Strong prompt engineering and structured output design
- Experience debugging and maintaining AI workflows
- Understanding of context management, memory, and human-in-the-loop workflows
- Experience deploying AI applications to production
- Knowledge of testing, monitoring, security, and production best practices
Nice to Have
- Experience with Claude Code or Cursor
- Experience with vector databases and embeddings
- Experience with Shopify, Klaviyo, GA4, or Search Console
- SEO or email marketing knowledge
- DTC e-commerce or subscription business experience
- Startup or agency experience
Ideal Candidate
We're looking for an engineer who has real, hands-on experience building AI systems in production. You enjoy solving complex automation challenges, integrating multiple tools, and creating scalable AI solutions that businesses rely on every day.
