Hands-On AI Operations & Automation Lead

Apt; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Apt in Birmingham, Alabama is seeking an AI Operations & Automation Specialist to improve business operations through AI, automation, data integration, and process improvement. This is a hands-on operations role, not a traditional software engineering position; you do not need professional coding experience.

You will connect systems, automate repetitive work, and improve reporting to empower operators and leadership onsite.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years in operations, analytics, project management, property management, accounting operations, or a similar field.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• Proven experience using AI to build or automate something real.
• Hands-on experience with Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar tools.
• Strong SQL/API fundamentals or the ability to learn them quickly.
• Strong business-process understanding and critical thinking.
• High agency and the ability to work without a defined task list.
• Comfortable challenging ideas, receiving feedback, and rebuilding when needed.
• Curious, resilient, detail-oriented, and motivated by solving difficult problems.

Responsibilities

• Learn operations workflows across leasing, accounting, and construction teams.
• Identify painful manual processes and recurring reports.
• Automate top reporting processes and deliver a useful tool within a month.
• Establish read access to core business systems through APIs.
• Work with vendors to obtain required API access and registrations.
• Build internal tools that bring operational, project, and financial data together.
• Train employees on the tools you build.
• Develop carefully controlled processes for writing data back into core systems.
• Build validated automation that eliminates duplicate data entry while protecting critical financial and operational information.
• Move quickly while following safeguards for responsible AI.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Google Sheets

AI automation

SQL / API basics

Critical thinking

Self starter

Tools

Claude

ChatGPT

Claude Code

Cursor

Codex

Job description

Apt in Birmingham, Alabama is seeking an AI Operations & Automation Specialist to improve business operations through AI, automation, data integration, and process improvement. This is a hands-on operations role, not a traditional software engineering position; you do not need professional coding experience.

You will connect systems, automate repetitive work, and improve reporting to empower operators and leadership onsite.