Junior AI Automation Engineer
Remote | Contract-to-ongoing | Part-time or full-time potential

About us
We’re a small, early-stage AI consultancy building practical bots, automations, and knowledge systems for businesses and nonprofits. Our work is less “chatbot demo” and more: connect real tools, organize messy workflows, build useful internal systems, and help teams save time. Typical projects involve Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack/Discord, Notion, Airtable, Google Workspace, CRMs, APIs, webhooks, and AI-assisted development. We’re looking for 1 to 3 junior engineers or technical builders who can help us move faster on client and internal projects. This will start as a contract role, with the potential for ongoing work if it’s a strong fit.

What you’ll do
You’ll help turn high-level ideas into working tools. Typical work may include:

• Building bots, automations, and internal tools using Python and APIs
• Connecting tools like Gmail, Google Calendar, Notion, Airtable, Slack, Discord, Canva, and Google Workspace
• Working with integration tools and protocols such as Composio, Zapier, MCP servers, and webhook-based systems
• Building within an existing bot/agent framework and getting comfortable in unfamiliar codebases
• Researching possible approaches, making a simple plan, and sharing tradeoffs before building
• Creating clear handoff notes so another engineer can understand what you built
• Iterating based on feedback from our founder, team, or clients

You do not need to be a senior engineer. You do need to be resourceful, clear, and comfortable learning quickly.

What we’re looking for

Required

• Solid foundation in Python
• Experience working with APIs, webhooks, JSON, and basic backend logic
• Comfort using AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or similar tools as part of your development workflow
• Ability to work independently from a somewhat ambiguous prompt or project idea
• Strong written English
• Clear communication: you can explain what you’re doing, where you’re stuck, and what you need
• Willingness to work with existing codebases, not just start from scratch

Nice to have

Experience with any of the following is a plus, but not required:

• Notion, Airtable, Google Workspace, Slack, Discord, or Canva integrations
• Composio, Zapier, Make, or similar automation tools
• MCP servers
• Agent frameworks or bot frameworks
• Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, OpenHands, or similar AI-assisted coding workflows
• Building tools for small businesses, nonprofits, creators, or internal operations teams

How we work

We move quickly, but we care about clear communication. Our ideal working rhythm is simple:

• Make a short plan before building
• Ask smart questions when something is unclear
• Share a quick update when you start working
• Share what you completed, what is blocked, and what you plan to do next
• Document enough that someone else can pick up the work later
• You’ll work closely with our founder, who reviews work, gives direction, and handles final polish. Your job is to get builds most of the way there: working, understandable, and ready to review.

Who this is a good fit for

This role may be a good fit if you:

• Like building useful tools more than polished demos
• Are comfortable figuring things out without step-by-step instructions
• Can move fast without being sloppy
• Enjoy using AI tools to build faster, but still understand the code you’re shipping
• Are early in your engineering career and want hands-on experience with real automation and AI workflow projects
• This is probably not a good fit if you need a highly structured corporate engineering environment, detailed specs for every task, or a large team around you.

Details

• Remote
• Contract role to start
• Part-time or full-time potential depending on fit and availability
• We prefer candidates with strong overlap with U.S. working hours, especially Pacific Time
• Latin America time zones are especially convenient, but we’re open to candidates anywhere who can work with our schedule
• Rate depends on experience

Hiring process

We are not asking candidates to complete an unpaid or paid test project as the first step. Our process will likely include:

• Review of your application, portfolio, GitHub, or work samples
• Short intro interview
• Technical/work sample discussion
• Follow-up conversation if there seems to be a strong fit
• We care more about how you think, communicate, and build than whether you have a perfect resume.

To apply

Send a short note. No generic cover letter, please. Tell us:

• One automation, bot, integration, or technical tool you’ve built
• What tools or systems it connected to
• What your role was in building it
• One thing you would do differently if you rebuilt it now
• Links to any relevant GitHub, portfolio, demos, Loom videos, or work samples

Pay: $15.00 - $30.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Briefly describe one automation, bot, integration, or internal tool you’ve built. What problem did it solve, what tools did it connect to, and what was your role?
• Which APIs, platforms, or integrations have you worked with? For example: Google Workspace, Gmail, Calendar, Slack, Discord, Notion, Airtable, Zapier, Make, webhooks, OAuth, etc.

Work Location: Remote