Payroll Automation & AI Systems Analyst

Open Door Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Opendoor is seeking a detail‑driven AI and automation analyst to streamline Payroll and Equity Operations. You will design AI agents, reusable skills, and end‑to‑end workflows that save time and improve accuracy, reporting to the Payroll Manager.

You will connect Rippling, financial platforms, spreadsheets, and ERP tools through APIs and scripting, build testing and exception handling into sensitive processes, and train teammates to sustain improvements across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience creating AI agents and reusable skills, including instruction design and evaluation.
• Ability to connect systems and work with structured data using APIs or scripting.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive improvements end-to-end.
• Experience testing AI outputs and implementing human review where needed.
• Attention to detail and sound judgment when handling confidential information.
• Clear communication and effective cross-functional collaboration.
• Willingness to learn payroll and equity processes.

Responsibilities

• Identify manual steps, bottlenecks, and duplicate work in payroll workflows.
• Build and maintain AI agents and reusable skills for recurring tasks.
• Create automations for payroll preparation, data validation, exception identification, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Improve data flows between Rippling, E*trade, spreadsheets, and related systems using integrations, scripts, or automation tools.
• Partner with payroll and equity managers to simplify workflows supporting equity events and payroll processing.
• Test solutions, evaluate AI outputs, and build exception handling and human review into sensitive workflows.
• Document solutions and train teammates to use and maintain them.
• Measure improvements through time saved, fewer manual steps, and increased accuracy.

Skills

AI agents

Automation

APIs

Data workflows

Tools

Rippling

Google Workspace

NetSuite

Job description

Opendoor is seeking a detail‑driven AI and automation analyst to streamline Payroll and Equity Operations. You will design AI agents, reusable skills, and end‑to‑end workflows that save time and improve accuracy, reporting to the Payroll Manager.

You will connect Rippling, financial platforms, spreadsheets, and ERP tools through APIs and scripting, build testing and exception handling into sensitive processes, and train teammates to sustain improvements across the organization.