[Hiring] Senior AI Automation Engineer @Later

Role Description

We're hiring an AI Automation Engineer to embed across teams at Later, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Customer Success, and beyond, and replace manual, repetitive work with durable AI-powered tooling. This role sits at the intersection of engineer, internal consultant, and coach:

• Build the automations that move the needle today.
• Level up non-technical colleagues to build the next wave themselves.
• Work across Later's lines of business (Later Influence, Later Social, and Later Creator).
• Regular exposure to senior leadership and broad visibility into how the company runs.

What you'll be doing:

• Partnership & Discovery:
  • Embed with non-technical stakeholders across various functions to understand their workflows in depth.
  • Surface the highest-impact automation opportunities and translate ambiguous problems into clear technical solutions.
  • Leave every stakeholder conversation with a sharper problem definition.
• Building & Shipping:
  • Build automations and internal tools using AI-native platforms, scripting, APIs, etc.
  • Ship working v1s quickly for stakeholder validation.
  • Wire together LLMs, agents, RAG patterns, and prompt design with existing systems.
• Scaling & Reliability:
  • Harden working prototypes with reliability, observability, error handling, and reusability.
  • Define when a one-off solution is sufficient versus when it needs to be promoted.
  • Build monitoring and documentation for unattended automation recovery.
• Enablement & Coaching:
  • Coach and advise non-technical colleagues on building their own automations.
  • Run lightweight enablement sessions to grow the citizen-developer community.
  • Communicate technical tradeoffs clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Platform Thinking:
  • Identify patterns across teams and build shared components, templates, and frameworks.
  • Create reusable building blocks that enhance organizational capability.
  • Partner with Engineering and IT on durable platform decisions.

What success looks like:

• A portfolio of automations in production with documented business impact across at least three different teams.
• A measurable lift in non-technical colleagues confidently building their own automations.
• A reusable library of components, patterns, and templates for other builders.
• Recognition as the go-to partner for automation-related inquiries.
• A clear point of view on Later's automation roadmap.

Qualifications

• A track record of building and shipping automations or AI-powered workflows with measurable business impact.
• Strong fluency with modern AI tooling (LLMs, agents, RAG, prompt design).
• A business-first mindset focused on problem definition and user needs.
• Resourcefulness and a bias to action.
• An instinct for scale and knowing when to build for the whole organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in internal-tools, RevOps, BizOps, or 'applied AI' functions is a plus.
• A background in supporting or training non-technical builders is a bonus.
• Comfort with data: pulling, cleaning, and reasoning about it.

How you work:

• Driven by Impact: Deliver results that matter and prioritize high-value work.
• Strategic & Customer-Centric: Anticipate risks and opportunities, connecting decisions to long-term growth.
• Curious & Growth-Oriented: Seek knowledge and apply learnings fast.
• Collaborative & Resilient: Thrive in change by staying resourceful and solution-focused.
• Accountable & Honest: Own your work and use transparent feedback for growth.
• Emotionally Intelligent: Build trust through empathy and collaboration.

Our approach to compensation:

We take a market-based & data-driven approach to compensation, evaluating it bi-annually based on performance and market-related factors. Salary ranges are shared for transparency.

Where we work:

We have offices in Boston, MA; Vancouver, BC; and Vancouver, WA. We are open to hiring fully remote candidates for select positions.

Diversity, inclusion, and accessibility:

At Later, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture and maintaining unbiased hiring practices. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds.