AI and Automation Engineer -Founders Office
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Full-Time
Job Title: AI and Automation Engineer
Team: Founders Office
Experience: Open to strong problem solvers across experience levels
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
Skylark Drones is looking for an AI and Automation Engineer to join the Founders Office and work closely on high-impact, organization-wide problems. This role is ideal for someone who sees inefficiencies everywhere and cannot help but automate, optimize, and improve how things work.
You will have the freedom and responsibility to identify opportunities where AI, automation, and intelligent systems can create meaningful value across teams. The focus is not on maintaining existing systems, but on building scalable solutions that improve speed, accuracy, and decision‑making across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and repetitive workflows across the organization and design automation‑first solutions
- Build and deploy AI‑driven or rule‑based automation to improve operational, business, and technical processes
- Work closely with founders and cross‑functional teams to understand problems and translate them into scalable solutions
- Prototype quickly, test ideas, and iterate based on real‑world usage and feedback
- Design systems with scalability, reliability, and long‑term impact in mind
- Integrate internal tools, third‑party platforms, APIs, and data sources to create end‑to‑end automated workflows
- Ensure automation solutions are well‑documented, maintainable, and secure
- Take ownership of solutions from ideation to deployment and continuous improvement
Mandatory Skills and Qualifications
- Strong problem‑solving ability and a mindset focused on automation and efficiency
- Experience building automation using AI, scripts, workflows, or low‑code and no‑code tools
- Comfort working with APIs, data pipelines, and system integrations
- Ability to learn new tools, frameworks, and technologies quickly
- Clear thinking and strong execution skills
Preferred Attributes
- Experience working with AI and machine learning tools or platforms
- Exposure to automation frameworks, RPA tools, or workflow orchestration systems
- Ability to operate independently in ambiguous problem spaces
- Strong ownership, accountability, and bias for action
- Good communication and collaboration skills
Why Join the Founders Office
- Work directly on problems that matter most to the organization
- High ownership, high trust, and high impact role
- Freedom to automate anything that meaningfully improves how the organization operates
- Exposure to real decision‑making and strategic thinking
- Opportunity to build systems that scale with the company
If you are someone who naturally thinks in terms of automation, efficiency, and leverage, and enjoys turning ideas into working systems, we would love to hear from you.
Required Skills
- AI Model Deployment
- AI Research and Innovation
- Cloud‑Based AI Solutions
- AI Data Engineering and Pipeline Development
- Advanced AI and Machine Learning Knowledge