Embedded AI Analyst: Automate Workflows & ROI

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Makai Labs builds AI systems that automate real work inside companies. As a Forward Deployed AI Analyst, you will train with Makai’s engineering, product, and client teams, then embed in one of our client engagements to find the workflows worth automating and build AI agents that handle them.

You will work directly with the people who run the business, and your work is done when their teams rely on what you built. This is an early-career role.

Qualifications

• Built a product, tool, model, startup, or internal process.
• Led a club, team, lab effort, athletic group, event, or high-pressure project.
• Took a messy internship project and turned it into something people used.

Responsibilities

• Spend first month in training and shadowing, then take one workflow end to end alongside a Makai lead before working more independently.
• Learn how the work is done today by interviewing SMEs, reading documents, and mapping systems; draft automation specs.
• Prototype on Makai's platform and support rollout with client teams to measure productivity and ROI.
• Over time, you may be tracked toward AI engineering, product and implementation, or engagement leadership paths.

Skills

Python/JavaScript/SQL

APIs & automation

LLMs & AI eval

Data analysis & dashboards

Agile delivery & Jira

Research & leadership

Tools

Python/JS/SQL

APIs & automation

LLMs & AI tools

Job description

Makai Labs builds AI systems that automate real work inside companies. As a Forward Deployed AI Analyst, you will train with Makai’s engineering, product, and client teams, then embed in one of our client engagements to find the workflows worth automating and build AI agents that handle them.

You will work directly with the people who run the business, and your work is done when their teams rely on what you built. This is an early-career role.