Bubblegum
Role: AI and automation engineer

Hire an AI and automation engineer, full-time, from $4K a month

The person who connects your tools so work moves on its own, and puts LLMs to work inside it. n8n, Make and Zapier flows, API and webhook integrations, and AI steps that research, classify and draft. Full-time on your team.

AI & AutomationIllustration of a AI & Automation operator
TRISHA
Davao, PH
n8n95
LLM APIs92
Make90
✓ Vetted
The math

Same seat. A fraction of the cost.

From 141 posts with AI in an engineering or ops title we tracked between May and October 2026, 26 of which printed a salary.

$148.8K
Median US base salary
Midpoint of the posted range, base only.
~$18.1K/mo
What that seat really costs
Add the ~46% US employers pay on top for benefits, payroll tax and leave (BLS, June 2026).
from $4K/mo
With Bubblegum, all-in
Full-time on your team. Payroll, contracts and admin handled. Free replacement.
The work

What they'll build for you

Ranked by how often it shows up in the job posts. The badge is the share of posts that mention it.

Workflows 67%

Multi-step flows in n8n, Make or Zapier that replace the copy, paste and check work your team does by hand.

AI agents and LLM steps 65%

LLM calls and agents that research, classify, summarise and draft, built into the tools your team already uses, with a person checking where it matters.

Integrations 54%

Keeping your CRM, billing, support and internal tools in sync so everyone works from the same data.

APIs and webhooks 33%

Custom connections, and direct work with the Claude or OpenAI APIs, where the off-the-shelf integration runs out.

Reporting pipelines 30%

Getting data out of each tool and into the sheet, warehouse or dashboard your team reads.

Workflows, integrations, APIs and reporting shares come from the 63 posts with automation in the title. The AI share comes from the 141 posts with AI in the title.

The stack

The tools companies ask for

Share of the 141 posts with AI in an engineering or ops title that name each tool. We match you with someone who has worked in yours.

n8n30%
Python21%
Make18%
Salesforce17%
HubSpot15%
Claude13%
Zapier8%
OpenAI5%
How it works

Three steps. One call.

1

Tell us the role

Send the job post or a quick rundown of your stack. We match you with someone who has done that work.

2

Meet your operator

One 30-minute call to make sure it clicks. That's the whole hiring process.

3

They start

They join your team full-time, in your tools. We handle the contract, pay and admin.

FAQ

Good questions.

What does an AI and automation engineer do?

They connect your tools and automate the repetitive work between them, mostly in n8n, Make or Zapier, and build LLM steps and agents into that work. Every one of the 63 automation-titled posts we tracked asked for automation, and 65% of the 141 AI-titled posts mentioned agents or LLMs.

Is this a machine learning engineer?

No. They don't train models. They use models like Claude and GPT through APIs and tools like n8n to get real work done.

n8n, Make or Zapier: which do they use?

Whichever you already run. We match on your stack. In the posts we tracked, n8n came up more often than Make or Zapier.

What if it isn't the right fit?

We replace them at no cost. Tell us it isn't working and we put forward someone pre-vetted and ready.

Hiring an AI and automation engineer?

Send us the job post. We'll come back with someone who has done that exact work.

Let's talk