AI-First People Operations Engineer

Deepgram; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepgram is seeking an early-career engineer to join the People Operations team and jointly design AI-powered workflows. You will build systems on top of HR platforms, turning manual, repetitive processes into scalable automation with AI, APIs, and internal tools.

You will collaborate with People, Engineering, IT, and other functions to deploy secure, scalable solutions that let employees and managers complete workflows without constant People-team intervention.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with the People & Talent Team to identify high-impact opportunities to apply AI and automation across People Operations.
• Build an AI-first onboarding experience that is scalable, up to date, and provides an exceptional experience.
• Turn manual People workflows into automated, AI-powered systems.
• Build AI agents and workflows that can answer questions, gather information, initiate processes, and complete defined actions.
• Integrate AI systems with existing tools, including HRIS, Slack, recruiting, performance, compensation, and other internal systems.
• Build internal tools and interfaces that make People processes dramatically easier for employees, managers, and the People team.
• Prototype quickly, test with real users, learn from what works, and iterate.
• Establish appropriate human-in-the-loop controls, escalation paths, permissions, and safeguards for sensitive People workflows.
• Partner with Engineering and IT on architecture, security, access controls, and productionizing successful prototypes.
• Measure whether what you build actually saves time, improves the employee experience, or increases the quality and consistency of People Operations.

Job description

Deepgram is seeking an early-career engineer to join the People Operations team and jointly design AI-powered workflows. You will build systems on top of HR platforms, turning manual, repetitive processes into scalable automation with AI, APIs, and internal tools.

You will collaborate with People, Engineering, IT, and other functions to deploy secure, scalable solutions that let employees and managers complete workflows without constant People-team intervention.