AI Automation Engineer

Single Grain | Start Growing

Los Angeles (CA)

On-site

USD 47,000 - 57,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with 100% match

Flexible Unlimited Paid Time Off

Home office reimbursement

Monthly UberEats credit

Job summary

Single Grain | Start Growing is hiring an AI Automation Engineer in Los Angeles. This full-time contractor role focuses on identifying and eliminating inefficiencies across the organization through AI-powered systems to increase Revenue Per Employee. Responsibilities include shadowing departments, shipping AI systems, and documenting processes for effective adoption.

Key qualifications include experience in AI automation, clear communication skills, and strong data quantification abilities. The role offers a pay of $25 per hour and several benefits including medical insurance and remote work options.

Qualifications

Experience in building tools that saved time or money is required.
Ability to operate at an AI Power User level.
Strong emphasis on quantifying efficiency and outcomes.

Responsibilities

Diagnose inefficiencies by shadowing departments and mapping workflows.
Design and deploy AI agents and automations.
Report on efficiency value and impact on Revenue Per Employee.

Skills

AI tool orchestration

Workflow mapping

Clear communication

Data quantification

Education

Degree in CS, engineering, data, business, or equivalent experience

Tools

Zapier

Make

APIs

Job description

About Single Grain

Single Grain is a Revenue Marketing agency. We build pipeline-focused systems that compound — not campaigns that expire. We've helped 500+ companies, from venture-backed startups to the Fortune 500, drive measurable growth, influencing billions in revenue with a 3.2x average ROI. Our portfolio includes enterprise digital marketing services across SEO, paid media, creative, CRO, and AI‑driven growth strategy, an AI‑powered content optimization platform ClickFlow, a LinkedIn advertising platform Karrot, and the client operating layer Single Brain.

About The Role

Growth at Single Grain has to come from systems, not linear headcount. We’re hiring an AI Automation Engineer to find inefficiencies across the company and eliminate them by designing, building, and deploying AI‑powered systems that free up capacity, compress production timelines, and increase Revenue Per Employee. You’ll shadow every major department, map workflows, identify the highest‑ROI bottlenecks, and ship production automations fast. You’ll also contribute to our client‑facing revenue agent, shipping real code to production early.

Primary KPI

Increase Revenue Per Employee by 100% within 12 months and generate $250k+ in annualized efficiency value.

Responsibilities

Diagnose before you build. Shadow departments, map workflows, and quantify inefficiencies in time and dollars before touching code. Identify the top automation opportunities ranked by ROI.
Ship production AI systems. Design and deploy AI agents and automations integrating LLMs (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini), APIs, and workflow tools (Zapier, Make, custom scripts). Rapid prototyping and iteration are the norm.
Contribute to client revenue agents. Within the first 30 days, make production code contributions to our live revenue agent and execute a real deployment.
Document everything. Every shipped automation gets an SOP and a Loom walkthrough (Camcorder Method) so teams can operate it without you.
Drive adoption. Train users clearly, gather feedback, iterate, and track usage. Target: 70%+ adoption rate within 30 days of each deployment.
Build the intake system. Establish an automation request and prioritization framework so the team can surface and rank opportunities on an ongoing basis.
Report leverage quarterly. Track and present recurring efficiency value, cycle time reductions, and RPE impact to leadership.

YOU MAY BE A GOOD FIT IF

You’ve already built something that saved real time or money — and you can tell us exactly how much. Side projects, internal tools, freelance automations, or class projects all count. Show us the receipts.
You operate at AI Power User level. You’ve orchestrated multiple AI tools together, designed prompt systems, connected APIs, and built automations that actually ran in production (or close to it).
You think in leverage, not tasks. Your instinct when you see a repetitive workflow is “how do I make this disappear?” — not “how do I do this faster?”
You quantify everything. Time saved, headcount avoided, cycle time reduced. You’d rather have a rough number than no number.
You communicate clearly and drive adoption without authority. You can interview a skeptical stakeholder, translate their problem into a technical solution, and train them to use what you built.
A degree in CS, engineering, data, business, or a related field is welcome — or equivalent hands‑on experience. We care more about what you’ve built than where you studied.
Bonus: experience in agency, operations, or client services environments; building tools that scaled across multiple teams; strong product instincts.

What This Role Is Not

Not a research or “explore AI” role. We’re not hiring someone to evaluate tools or write internal AI strategy docs. We’re hiring someone who ships.
Not a ticket‑taker. If you need to be assigned what to build, this role won’t be a good fit. The expectation is that you find the leverage opportunities yourself.
Not a pure technical role. If you ship elegant automations but can’t drive adoption or train people to use them, the work won’t compound.
Not a success if you measure yourself in tools deployed. Success is measured in recurring efficiency value created and Revenue Per Employee improved — not in the number of automations shipped.

Compensation

This is a full time contractor role. Pay $25 per hour.

Benefits