Junior AI Automation Specialist

Chloe Martin

Full-time · Junior · Chicago

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About the role

We handle back-office operations for a network of 15 e-commerce brands — inventory management, supplier emails, order routing, customer escalation triage. A significant portion of this is still done by people copying and pasting between systems. We know. We've been meaning to fix it for two years. We're finally doing it, and we're using AI to do it properly: OpenAI API calls, LangChain for workflow logic, Python scripts connecting our internal tools, and Docker for deployment. We need a junior specialist to help us build these automations. Not a senior developer — someone early in their career who thinks logically, writes clean Python, and gets genuinely excited when a workflow that used to take 30 minutes runs automatically in 90 seconds. We have a small team of two developers who will guide you. The work is practical, visible, and satisfying.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain Python-based automation scripts for recurring operational tasks
Integrate OpenAI API for tasks like email classification, summarisation, and response drafting
Design LangChain workflows for multi-step document and data processing
Document every automation with clear instructions so non-technical team members can understand it
Monitor running automations and handle failures or edge cases as they appear

Requirements

Comfortable writing Python — functions, classes, API calls, JSON parsing, basic error handling
Any experience calling an external API (REST) and handling the response
Familiarity with LangChain or a willingness to learn it fast
Docker basics — you understand what a container is and have run one
Logical thinking about workflow automation: inputs, conditions, outputs, edge cases
Bonus: any experience with n8n, Make.com, or similar no-code automation tools

Benefits

Real visible impact — you'll replace 30+ hours of manual work in your first quarter
Full remote, flexible schedule
$52,000 – $67,000 base salary
Direct daily guidance from senior developers
Clear promotion path to mid-level automation engineer