AI Automation Engineer - General Application

Salary: $150K - $350K Location Type: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time Job Posted: 7/7/2025 Location: Americas

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About Zapier

We're humans who simply think computers should do more work. At Zapier, we’re building a platform to help millions of businesses globally scale with automation and AI. Our mission is to make automation work for everyone by delivering products that delight our customers. You’ll collaborate with brilliant people, use the latest tools, and leverage the flexibility of remote work. Your work will directly fuel our customers’ success, and as they grow, so will you.

Zapier is building the world’s first AI orchestration platform – one that connects tools, data, and humans into automated systems that work for you. As businesses race to integrate AI into their workflows, they face a new kind of challenge: making all their tools and AI agents talk to each other, reliably and at scale. That’s where Zapier comes in.

If you want to advance your career at a fast-growing, profitable, impact-driven company, read on…

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Position Overview

We’re looking for high-impact individuals with deep experience in AI and automation. As an AI Automation Engineer, you’ll spearhead an AI‑first revolution within our company. You are a catalyst for practical innovation, turning everyday pain points into AI‑powered workflows. You help your fellow humans focus on creativity, strategy, and connection (letting AI do the busywork).

This is a general application for those with this experience and expertise to be matched with current and future opportunities at Zapier. We are targeting candidates in the Americas for these types of roles.

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Why These Roles Are Different

Lots of teams see AI’s potential but get stuck turning ideas into action. AI Automation Experts close that gap. They rapidly prototype and ship practical solutions using tools like Zapier, ChatGPT, Claude, Airtable, MCP, Cursor and more. By embedding directly within teams, these folks make sure every automation fits seamlessly into daily workflows and drives real results.

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About You

This role is background-agnostic but bias-for-building. Great candidates may come from:

• Software engineering (especially those who’ve worked on internal tools)
• No-code ops or tech-savvy program managers (e.g., heavy Zapier/Airtable users)
• Startup generalists with automation instincts
• Prompt/context engineers or LLM product hackers

Key Skills and Experience:

• Technical Execution: Proven rapid prototyping ability with no-code platforms or coding environments.
• LLM Orchestration: Familiarity with LangChain, OpenAI Assistants, and Claude, including advanced prompt engineering.
• Debugging & Reliability: Capable of identifying root causes of automation failures, refining logic, prompts, and integrations.
• Cross-Functional Fluency: Ability to collaborate closely with teams like sales, recruiting, marketing, and support, understanding their unique workflows and challenges.
• Responsible AI Practices: Commitment to data security, handling of sensitive information (PII, HIPAA, SOC2), and designing reliable fallback systems for human oversight.
• Evangelism & Enablement: Experience creating clear, actionable documentation and training resources that foster adoption across organizations.

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Responsibilities (Things You Might Do)

• AI Workflow Triage: Identify and prioritize tasks ripe for automation across sales, support, recruiting, ops, and more.
• Rapid Prototyping: Quickly build MVPs using Zapier, LLM APIs, and/or agent frameworks to remove bottlenecks (e.g., Auto-generate follow-up emails from CRM notes).
• Embed With Teams: Once we find the closest match role to your functional and technical skills, you’ll be hired onto that team and work to uplevel performance and productivity within that specific function.
• Scale Internal Tools: Turn prototypes into durable systems (adding error handling, observability, logging).

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Our Commitment to Applicants

• Culture and Values at Zapier
• Zapier Guide to Remote Work
• Zapier Code of Conduct
• Diversity and Inclusivity at Zapier