AI Automation Engineer
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$140,000–$160,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An engineering role focused on building and deploying AI-driven automation systems — including agent-based pipelines, retrieval-augmented generation workflows, and LLM integrations — that replace manual processes across a business. The work spans system design, API integration, orchestration, and ongoing monitoring of production AI systems. It suits engineers with a background in both software development and applied AI or ML.
Mid level · 4+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,500–11,200
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title 'AI Automation Engineer' carries no explicit seniority level, so the title states no level. The role requires 4+ years of overall software engineering experience and 2+ years in AI/ML/LLMs — scope and requirements align with Mid-level.
Python is not explicitly named in the JD but is the dominant language for LLM/ML/RAG work and is strongly implied by 'strong programming skills' in the context of LLM APIs, RAG, and orchestration frameworks; flagged as a reasonable inference.
Workflow orchestration tools are required but no specific product is named (e.g. Airflow, Prefect, Temporal, Dagster). The requirement is captured generically as 'workflow orchestration'.
Observability and event-driven architecture appear in the responsibilities/duties section rather than the explicit requirements block, so they are marked preferred.
Compensation of $140,000–$160,000/year is stated explicitly; the posting notes it may vary by geography.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): workflow orchestration.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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