Sr. AI Automation Engineer

Vantaca is seeking a Sr. AI Automation Engineer to join their team in Raleigh-Durham or Wilmington, NC. The successful candidate will design and ship internal AI-powered automations that eliminate repeatable manual workflows, and own the full DevOps lifecycle for internal tooling.

Requirements

• Use AI tools (Claude, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent) as a core part of daily workflow
• Build AI workflows and eliminate manual processes
• AI/ML background is required; CS or AI/ML academic track preferred
• Python proficiency as primary build language for automation and scripting
• API integration experience: REST, webhooks, OAuth
• RAG and retrieval system experience: chunking, embedding strategies, retrieval quality, hallucination mitigation
• Prompt and context engineering: understand context boundaries and have a strategy for what to persist vs. retrieve
• DevOps fundamentals: CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containerization
• Spec-first by default: write detailed intent documents before building
• Bias toward measurement: build with evals in mind and define what 'worked' means before starting
• Builder, not buyer: build internal tooling and don't stitch together SaaS products
• Security-aware: ask about access scoping and data classification before building
• Comfortable with ambiguity: requirements will shift; orient toward the outcome
• Strong written communicator: document intent before building and leave clear records of what built and why

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Unlimited PTO (with a requirement for employees to take a minimum of one continuous week per year)
• 401K with Company Match
• Great parental leave benefits