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Junior AI Automation Specialist
Chloe Martin
Full-time · Junior · Chicago
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
Job Type
Full-time
Level
Junior
Language
English
Salary Range
$52,000 – $67,000
AI Expertise
Automation & AI Workflows
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