POSITION TITLE: Technical Lead AI & Workflow Automation
Location: Hybrid
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Were building a small high-impact team focused on using AI intelligent agents and automation to transform manual business workflows into scalable efficient systems. As the Tech Lead youll lead the technical design and implementation of automation solutions from parsing unstructured client input to orchestrating order creation across backend services. Youll be about 80% hands-on coding and 20% team leadership balancing technical depth with mentorship and delivery. Youll work closely with operations engineering and product teams to identify repetitive processes prototype AI-driven solutions and bring them into production. This is a role for someone whos equal parts innovator builder and team leader.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Own end-to-end delivery of automation and AI projects from problem definition to deployment.
Design and implement AI- or rules-based automation systems to reduce or eliminate manual workflows.
Collaborate cross-functionally to identify and prioritize high-impact automation opportunities.
Prototype and evaluate AI models LLM-based agents and workflow orchestration pipelines.
Integrate solutions with existing systems via REST APIs message queues or microservices.
Lead and mentor a small team of engineers (senior mid and test roles).
Maintain technical quality and reliability ensuring clean maintainable code.
Stay informed on emerging AI tools frameworks and APIs to continuously expand the teams capabilities.
QUALIFICATIONS:
7 years of experience in software engineering including 2 years leading small teams or projects.
Strong proficiency in Python with experience in frameworks like FastAPI Flask or Django.
Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and APIs (OpenAI API LangChain Hugging Face AWS Bedrock etc.).
Experience with data ingestion text parsing or automation workflows (e.g. NLP OCR or RPA).
Understanding of REST APIs event-driven systems and microservice architecture.
Ability to translate ambiguous problems into technical solutions.
Strong communication skills and a collaborative hands-on mindset.
NICE TO HAVE:
Experience deploying LLMs or AI agents in production environments.
Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools (e.g. AWS Step Functions Temporal or Airflow).
Exposure to data labeling fine-tuning or prompt engineering.
Prior work in enterprise automation or AI operations environments.
NOTE:
Python is our preferred language for AI and automation work but equivalent experience in another modern language (e.g. TypeScript/ Go or C#) and a willingness to work in Python are perfectly acceptable.
About the Company:
Deluxe a subsidiary of Platinum Equity is a global leader in media and entertainment services for film video and online content. Since 1915 Deluxe has been the trusted partner for the worlds most successful Hollywood studios independent film companies TV networks exhibitors advertisers and others offering best-in-class solutions in post-production distribution asset and workflow management and cloud-based technologies.
With headquarters in Los Angeles and offices around the globe the company employs over 3500 of the most talented individuals developers and industry veterans worldwide. For more information please visit .
We offer competitive pay and benefits program including medical dental & vision coverage vacation & sick leave 401(k) and more.
Diversity Statement:
Deluxe is committed to inclusivity fostering an environment where every employee feels comfortable bringing their full selves to work. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion creed national origin or ancestry sex age physical or mental disability veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal state or local laws regulations or ordinances. Deluxe will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local state and federal law.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Deluxe. Please inform the companys HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.
This role is based in Los Angeles California and the base pay range for this role is $191250 - $225000.00 per year. Actual amounts will vary depending on education skills experience and geographic location.
Deluxe offers media and entertainment services including digital distribution, cinema, mastering, streaming and asset management.