Automation Developer Python + AI

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth were looking to add a Automation Engineer Python AI located in Chennai location.

Reports to the Senior Manager and the role involves

What a typical day looks like:

• Business Process Automation:

• Design develop and deploy Python-based automation solutions for enterprise business processes

• Analyze existing business workflows and identify automation and optimization opportunities

• Build scalable automation frameworks that improve efficiency accuracy and turnaround time

• AI-Driven Intelligent Automation:

• Develop and integrate AI/ML models into business workflows for intelligent decision-making

• Apply NLP and data analytics to automate document processing emails tickets and reports

• Enable self-learning and adaptive automation using AI techniques

• Data & System Integration:

• Integrate automation solutions with enterprise applications databases and APIs

• Manage data ingestion preprocessing inference and output pipelines

• Ensure robustness security and scalability of automation solutions

• Optimization Reporting & Governance:

• Monitor automation performance using KPIs metrics and dashboards

• Continuously improve automation accuracy throughput and cost efficiency

• Ensure compliance with enterprise governance security and audit requirements

• Collaboration & Leadership:

• Work closely with business users process owners and IT teams to deliver value-driven automation

• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior automation engineers

• Contribute to automation standards best practices and reusable assets

The experience were looking to add to our team:

• Bachelors degree in Computer science Information Technology AI/ML Data Science or related field

• 25 years of experience in Python development and AI-driven automation solutions

• Proven experience in Business Process Automation (BPA) Intelligent Automation or Digital Transformation initiatives

• Exposure to enterprise systems workflows and data-driven decision automation

• Core Python & Automation Skills:

• Strong Python programming expertise (mandatory)

• Automation scripts workflow orchestration backend services api.

• Experience building end-to-end automation pipelines

• Strong understanding of OOP modular design and scalable architecture

• Hands-on experience in Linux/Unix environments

• AI / Machine Learning for Automation:

• Practical knowledge of AI/ML concepts applied to business automation

• Classification clustering prediction recommendation

• Hands-on experience with Python AI/ML libraries: NumPy Pandas Scikit-learn Langchain OpenAI

• TensorFlow / PyTorch (preferred)

• Experience applying AI to business processes such as: Web Search Document Search OCR Generative AI Prompting Demand forecasting and optimization NLP for document processing emails and chatbots

• Business Process Automation & Platforms:

• Experience with BPA / RPA tools and frameworks (good to have): UiPath Power Automate or Python-based automation frameworks

• Strong understanding of business workflows SLAs KPIs and process optimization

• Experience automating manual repetitive and rule-based enterprise processes

• Data Integration & Systems:

• Strong knowledge of SQL and enterprise data sources

• Experience with APIs system integrations and microservices

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure / AWS / GCP) for automation and AI workloads

• DevOps & Engineering Practices:

• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for deploying automation and AI services

• Knowledge of containerization and scalable deployment (Docker good to have)

• Soft Skills & Professional Attributes:

• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making abilities

• Ability to translate business requirements into automated AI-driven solutions

• Excellent communication documentation and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to work independently and with cross-functional business and IT teams

• Certifications in AI/ML RPA Cloud Platforms or Automation Technologies are a plus

• Rotational shifts

Here are a few examples of what you will get for the great work you provide:

• Health Insurance

• PTO

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