AI Systems Design & Automation Engineer
Location: Goa, India — On-siteEmployment Type: Full-timeCompensation: ₹8 -10 LPA, depending on experience and capability, plus opportunity for performance incentives down the line.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly capable, hands-on AI Systems Design & Automation Engineer to work directly with our CEO and core team members to build, integrate, and continuously improve the systems that operate across our business portfolio.
What This Role Is NOT
This is not primarily:
- Website development
- Front-end development
- IT support
- Prompt engineering
- A Zapier-only role
- A project-management role
- A consulting role where you simply recommend solutions
Our businesses include:
- Rooted for Good — DTC skincare and e-commerce
- Delta Precision Group — engineering, GIS, data processing and technical services
- Sourcing Pros — international sourcing and procurement, primarily India → United States
This is not a conventional software-development role.
We will often provide the business objective, workflow concept, or problem we want to solve. Your job will be to translate those ideas into efficient, well-designed, working systems—selecting the right combination of our existing tools, automation platforms, APIs, custom code, databases, and AI.
You should be someone who enjoys figuring out:
"How do we make all these systems work together as efficiently and intelligently as possible?"
What You Will Do
1. Build & Implement Business Systems
Work alongside the CEO and core team to turn business processes and automation concepts into functioning systems.
You will:
- Translate business requirements into technical workflows
- Design system architecture
- Build and deploy automations
- Integrate multiple software platforms
- Develop internal tools and dashboards where appropriate
- Test, troubleshoot, maintain, and improve systems
- Document systems so they remain maintainable
You will be expected to personally build and implement, not simply recommend solutions or manage outside developers.
2. Maximize Our Existing Technology Stack
A critical part of this role is getting significantly more value from the technology we already have.
Our environment includes tools such as:
- Google Workspace / Sheets / Gmail / Drive
- GoHighLevel
- Lead Generators
- Monday.com
- Shopify
- n8n / Make / Zapier
- APIs and webhooks
- AI platforms
- Databases
- Accounting and other business software
You should be excellent at determining how multiple tools can work together, rather than automatically replacing them with new software.
For example:
Google Sheets → API → AI → GoHighLevel → Monday → Gmail
may be a better solution than introducing another standalone application.
3. Implement AI-Powered Automation
Use AI where it genuinely improves a process, including:
- Document and email processing
- Data extraction and classification
- Research and data enrichment
- Supplier intelligence
- Internal knowledge systems
- Reporting and analysis
- Customer communications
- Workflow decision support
- AI agents and assistants
You should understand when AI is appropriate and when a process should remain deterministic, rule-based, or human-controlled.
Accuracy, reliability and auditability matter.
4. Continuously Improve Existing Systems
Once a system is deployed, your job isn't finished.
You will monitor and improve:
- Efficiency
- Reliability
- Speed
- Cost
- Data quality
- User experience
- Error handling
- Integration between systems
We want someone with a continuous-improvement mentality who will naturally see opportunities to make an existing system better.
Technical Experience
You do not need to be an expert in every technology below, but you should have strong practical experience with several of them.
Automation & Integration
- n8n
- Make
- Zapier
- APIs
- Webhooks
- Google Apps Script
- REST APIs
- OAuth/authentication
- JSON
- Data mapping
Development
- Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript
- SQL/databases
- Git/GitHub
- Custom API integrations
- Basic cloud infrastructure
AI
- OpenAI
- Gemini
- Claude
- LLM APIs
- Structured outputs
- Function/tool calling
- RAG
- AI agents
- Document extraction
- AI-assisted development
Experience with Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot or similar tools is a strong advantage.
Business Platforms
Experience integrating platforms such as:
- Google Workspace
- Shopify
- GoHighLevel
- Monday.com
- CRM systems
- Accounting systems
is highly valuable.
The Person We're Looking For
The ideal candidate is:
A Builder
You enjoy taking a concept and turning it into a working system.
A Systems Thinker
You understand how individual automations fit into a larger business workflow.
An Integrator
You are particularly good at making different software platforms, APIs, databases and AI tools work together.
A Problem Solver
When something doesn't work, you investigate and figure it out rather than waiting for someone else to provide the answer.
A Continuous Improver
You don't simply maintain systems. You look for ways to make them faster, simpler, more reliable and more valuable.
Technically Curious
AI and automation are evolving rapidly. You enjoy learning new tools and figuring out how they can be applied.
Business-Minded
You understand that the goal isn't to build impressive technology. The goal is to save time, reduce errors, increase capacity, improve visibility and ultimately improve the economics of the business.
Examples of Projects
You may be asked to build systems such as:
Sourcing Pros
Supplier email → AI extraction → supplier database → RFQ → quote comparison → pricing calculation → human approval → CRM → follow-up.
Delta Precision Group
Project data → production tracking → QA → employee utilization → project dashboard → automated management reporting.
Rooted for Good
Shopify + marketing + customer + inventory data → automated reporting, alerts and AI-assisted analysis.
The specific systems will evolve as the businesses grow.
What This Role Is NOT
This is not primarily:
- Website development
- Front-end development
- IT support
- Prompt engineering
- A Zapier-only role
- A project-management role
- A consulting role where you simply recommend solutions
We need someone who can:
Understand → Design → Integrate → Build → Test → Deploy → Monitor → Improve
First 90 DaysFirst 30 Days
- Learn the three businesses and their existing systems
- Understand key workflows and data flows
- Audit current integrations and automations
- Identify immediate opportunities for improvement; establish a hierarchy of projects/tasks
- Begin implementing priority systems alongside the core team
- Deploy at least one Custom Automation to solve an existing requirement
Days 31–60
- Deploy several meaningful automations
- Improve existing workflows
- Establish integration and documentation standards
- Begin building reusable automation components
Days 61–90
- Take ownership of the automation/integration environment
- Establish monitoring and maintenance processes
- Deliver measurable efficiency improvements
- Develop a prioritized roadmap for further systems development
How We Will Measure Success
Success is not measured by the number of automations you build.
It is measured by things such as:
- Hours of manual work eliminated
- Reduction in errors and rework
- Faster processing
- Better information flow between systems
- Improved team productivity
- Better management visibility
- Reduced software redundancy
- Increased use of existing technology
- Successful implementation of AI where it creates genuine value
Ultimately:
Your job is to turn good business ideas into excellent, integrated systems—and continually make those systems better.
Compensation
₹8 - 10 LPA, depending on experience and demonstrated capability, plus performance incentives over time.
Application
Please provide:
- Resume/CV
- GitHub, portfolio, or examples of your work
- 2–4 examples of systems, automations or integrations you personally built
- A brief description of the most complex system you have implemented
- Technologies/tools used
- Current and expected compensation
- Availability to work on-site in Goa or relocate to Goa
We are much more interested in what you have actually built than in a long list of technologies on your resume.
Pay: ₹800,000.00 - ₹1,000,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Goa, Goa: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Application Question(s):
- Describe the most complex automation or integrated system you have personally built. What problem did it solve, which tools/APIs did you integrate, and what was your specific contribution?
- Imagine we have this workflow: Google Sheets → AI processing → GoHighLevel → Monday.com → Gmail. How would you approach designing and building this integration? Briefly describe the architecture, tools you would consider, and how you would handle errors.
- Tell us about a time an automation or integration you built failed or produced incorrect results. How did you diagnose the problem, and what did you change to prevent it from happening again?
- How would you decide whether a business process should use AI/LLMs, traditional automation/rules, or human approval? Give a real example from your experience.
- Which of the following have you personally built or implemented? Select all that apply:
n8n / Make / Zapier automations
REST API integrations
Webhooks
Google Apps Script
Python/JavaScript automation
SQL/database systems
LLM/API integrations
RAG or AI agents
OAuth/authentication integrations
Internal dashboards/tools
- Give an example of a system you inherited or had already deployed that you significantly improved. What was inefficient, what did you change, and what measurable improvement resulted?
- Provide a link to your GitHub, portfolio, or a project you have personally built. If you cannot share the actual code/system, briefly describe one project in enough detail for us to understand its architecture and your role.
- This is an on-site role in Porvorim Goa. Are you currently based in Goa (if yes specify where), willing to relocate to Goa, or unable to work on-site?
- You are given a process where employees manually read supplier emails, extract product/quantity/pricing information, compare quotes, update a database, and send follow-ups. How would you automate this? Explain where you would use AI, deterministic logic, and human approval.
Work Location: In person
