Hands-on Lead AI Workflow and Automation Engineer
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We currently have a career opportunity for an AI Workflow & Automation hands-on Lead Engineer to join our hybrid team located in Charlotte, NC.
Job Overview:
As a Hands-on Lead AI Workflow and Automation Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable AI-driven workflows and ensure all future business capabilities are built with an AI-first mindset. As a member working in a team environment you will work with solution architects and developers on interpretation/translation of wireframes and creative designs into functional requirements, and subsequently into technical design.
1. Build Reusable, Scalable AI Workflows
- Design and implement reusable AI-enabled workflows across multiple layers, including:
- APIs
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- User Interfaces (UI)
- Automation pipelines
- Create a modular, scalable architecture that supports rapid reuse, extension, and integration across business units.
- Establish standards and patterns for workflow reuse and AI-powered orchestration.
2. Drive an “AI-First” Adoption Culture
- Champion a shift from tool-centric adoption to workflow-centric adoption.
- Guide teams on how to design business processes with AI as a core component—not an add-on.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to embed AI thinking into solution design from the outset.
3. Build AI-Ready Maintenance and Operational Capabilities
- Ensure all new business capabilities—including maintenance, support, and operational processes—are designed to be:
- Consumable by chatbots.
- Integratable with Copilots or agent-style assistants.
- Discoverable by AI systems via standardized interfaces.
- Define patterns and metadata structures so AI can identify, reason about, and execute business functions reliably.
4. Enable AI Discoverability Through Business Role Exposure
- Develop mechanisms to expose business logic, roles, and capabilities in a structured way so AI systems can easily interpret and utilize them.
- Implement a metadata or knowledge-layer approach enabling AI discoverability and contextual understanding.
- Create documentation and schema standards to ensure consistency in how capabilities are represented.
5. Build Toward Maturity Level 2–4 in AI Adoption
- Create a roadmap for scaling from Maturity 1 to higher maturity levels (automation → orchestration → autonomous workflows).
- Establish KPIs and measurement frameworks for workflow adoption and reuse.
- Provide architectural guidance and governance for AI workflow development across teams.
- Strong experience building API-driven, BPM-based, or UI-integrated workflows at enterprise scale.
- Tech Stack : .Net, Angular, AWS
- Expertise in automation frameworks, workflow orchestration, or low/no-code platforms.
- Understanding of modern AI architectures, prompt engineering, and LLM integrations.
- Ability to design systems that are AI-discoverable, modular, and reusable.
- Experience collaborating across engineering, product, and business teams.
- Ability to evangelize and drive cultural change toward AI-first design principles.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support data-informed task execution.
- Familiarity with AI-enhanced platforms is a plus.
- A solid understanding of AI capabilities and limitations including ethical considerations is expected.
- Client facing or consulting experience highly preferred.
- Skilled problem solvers with the desire and proven ability to create innovative solutions.
- Flexible and adaptable attitude, disciplined to manage multiple responsibilities and adjust to varied environments.
- Future technology leaders- dynamic individuals energized by fast paced personal and professional growth.
- Phenomenal communicators who can explain and present concepts to technical and non-technical audiences alike, including high level decision makers.
- Bachelor’s Degree in MIS, Computer Science, Math, Engineering or comparable major.
- Solid foundation in Computer Science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design.
- Knowledge and experience in developing software using agile methodologies.
- Proficient in authoring, editing and presenting technical documents.
- Ability to communicate effectively via multiple channels (verbal, written, etc.) with technical and non-technical staff.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior
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