# AI Automation Specialist

> Pavago · Kenya (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-05-19

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Candidate Sourcing

## Description

### **🤖 AI Automation Specialist (Zapier, APIs, ChatGPT & Workflow Automation) – Remote | U.S. Hours**

**Position Type:** Full-Time, Remote  
**Working Hours:** U.S. Business Hours

### **🚀 About the Role**

At Pavago, one of our clients is hiring an **AI Automation Specialist** to design, build, and deploy scalable AI-powered workflows that reduce manual work and improve operational efficiency across the business.

This is not a theory, strategy, or research role.

You will be responsible for:

-   building real automations
-   integrating systems and APIs
-   deploying workflows used in day-to-day operations
-   improving operational speed, accuracy, and scalability

This role is ideal for someone who has actually built end-to-end automations and understands how to connect:

-   systems
-   workflows
-   APIs
-   AI tools
-   business operations

If you think in systems, automation, and operational efficiency — this role is a strong fit.

### **🔥 What You’ll Own**

### **Process Analysis & Automation Design**

-   Analyze operational workflows and identify automation opportunities
-   Design systems that:

-   reduce manual effort
-   improve operational accuracy
-   increase execution speed

-   Translate business requirements into scalable automation workflows
-   Recommend automation improvements proactively

### **AI & Workflow Automation Development**

-   Build automations using:

-   Zapier
-   Make
-   n8n
-   Power Automate

-   Integrate AI tools such as:

-   ChatGPT / OpenAI
-   Claude / Anthropic
-   Gemini / Google AI

-   Automate workflows across:

-   operations
-   customer support
-   marketing
-   HR
-   reporting
-   internal coordination

### **APIs, Integrations & Technical Execution**

-   Connect systems using:

-   APIs
-   webhooks
-   third-party integrations

-   Ensure reliable data flow across multiple platforms
-   Troubleshoot and resolve workflow or integration issues quickly
-   Build scalable, maintainable automation systems

### **Optimization & Performance Improvement**

-   Monitor workflow reliability, speed, and uptime
-   Improve:

-   scalability
-   automation logic
-   output accuracy
-   operational efficiency

-   Continuously optimize workflows based on usage and results
-   Identify opportunities to eliminate repetitive operational work

### **Documentation & Operational Visibility**

-   Document automation workflows clearly including:

-   triggers
-   logic
-   integrations
-   outputs
-   dependencies

-   Maintain structured SOPs and operational documentation
-   Provide visibility into:

-   automated workflows
-   operational impact
-   efficiency improvements

### **Cross-Team Collaboration**

-   Work closely with non-technical teams to gather workflow requirements
-   Translate operational ideas into working automation systems
-   Explain automation logic clearly to stakeholders
-   Recommend scalable process improvements proactively

### **📊 What Success Looks Like**

-   Manual workflows are replaced with scalable automation systems
-   Automations run reliably with minimal downtime or intervention
-   Operational speed and efficiency improve measurably
-   Systems remain organized, documented, and maintainable
-   Teams save time through automation and AI-driven workflows
-   Leadership has visibility into automation impact and operational gains

### **🧠 What Makes You a Strong Fit**

-   You’ve built real automations end-to-end
-   You think in:

-   systems
-   workflows
-   scalability
-   efficiency

-   You’re technical enough to build integrations independently
-   You communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical teams
-   You enjoy solving operational inefficiencies
-   You move quickly, iterate fast, and improve systems continuously

### **✅ Must-Have Requirements**

### **Experience**

-   Proven experience in:

-   workflow automation
-   process optimization
-   automation system design
-   AI workflow implementation

### **Technical Skills**

-   Hands-on experience with:

-   Zapier
-   Make
-   n8n
-   Power Automate

-   Experience integrating AI tools and APIs including:

-   OpenAI
-   Anthropic
-   Google AI

-   Strong understanding of:

-   APIs
-   webhooks
-   data structures
-   automation logic

-   Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

### **Communication & Documentation**

-   Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
-   Strong documentation and process-writing ability
-   Ability to explain automation workflows clearly to stakeholders

### **⭐ Nice to Have**

-   Programming experience in:

-   Python
-   JavaScript

-   Experience with:

-   Google Sheets
-   Airtable
-   Notion

-   Familiarity with:

-   HubSpot
-   Salesforce
-   ClickUp
-   Slack

-   Knowledge of:

-   prompt engineering
-   AI workflow optimization
-   RPA tools such as UiPath

### **🛠️ Tools You’ll Work With**

-   Google Workspace
-   Zapier / Make / n8n / Power Automate
-   OpenAI / Anthropic / Google AI tools
-   Slack
-   Asana / ClickUp
-   APIs & webhook integrations

### **📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like**

-   Identify automation opportunities across business workflows
-   Build and deploy AI-powered automation systems
-   Connect platforms and tools using APIs and integrations
-   Debug and optimize workflows for reliability and scalability
-   Document automation logic and operational processes
-   Collaborate with teams on workflow improvements and implementation

**In short:**  
You replace repetitive manual work with scalable, reliable automation systems powered by AI and integrations.

### **📈 Key Metrics for Success (KPIs)**

-   Number of workflows and processes automated
-   Reduction in manual operational workload
-   Workflow uptime and automation reliability
-   Speed and quality of implementation
-   Accuracy of automation outputs
-   Operational efficiency improvements
-   Quality and completeness of documentation

### **🌟 Why This Role Stands Out**

-   Direct impact on operational efficiency and scalability
-   Work at the intersection of AI, automation, and operations
-   High ownership with real implementation responsibility
-   Opportunity to build systems used daily across the business
-   Exposure to cutting-edge AI and automation tools
-   Strong growth opportunities in:

-   AI Operations
-   Automation Engineering
-   Systems Operations
-   Technical Operations
-   AI Workflow Architecture

### **🧪 Interview Process**

-   Initial Phone Screen
-   Video Interview
-   Practical Automation Assessment
-   Client Interview
-   Offer & Onboarding

### **👉 Apply Now**

If you:

-   build automations that actually work
-   think in systems and operational efficiency
-   enjoy connecting tools and workflows
-   love eliminating repetitive manual work

this is a strong opportunity to build real AI-powered operational systems with measurable business impact.

## Apply

[Apply at Pavago](https://apply.workable.com/pavago/j/D44376724A/apply)

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