Senior AI Automation Engineer

Senior AI Automation Engineer / AI Systems Architect (Long-Term) Overview I own multiple manufacturing, distribution, and retail companies in the tobacco, nicotine, hemp, and consumer packaged goods industries. I am looking for an experienced AI Automation Engineer or AI Systems Architect to build an entire AI-powered executive team that will help run my companies. This is not a simple chatbot project. I want someone who can design, build, integrate, and maintain a complete AI operating system for my businesses using the best AI tools available today. This is expected to become a long-term relationship with ongoing development. ⸻ Objective Build an AI Executive Team consisting of specialized AI agents that work together as if they were executives in my company. The system should automate repetitive work, improve decision making, organize information, generate reports, manage projects, and communicate across multiple business departments. The AI agents should communicate with each other when appropriate while keeping me informed of important decisions. ⸻ Businesses My companies include: * Tobacco manufacturing * Tobacco distribution * Vape distribution * Hemp products * International manufacturing * Retail stores * Wholesale distribution * Import/export * Trademark enforcement * Sales and marketing ⸻ AI Executive Team I want AI executives including (but not limited to): CEO Assistant * Daily executive briefing * Prioritize tasks * Meeting preparation * Decision support * Follow-up reminders ⸻ COO * Operations dashboard * Manufacturing performance * Production planning * Inventory forecasting * Warehouse monitoring * SOP management ⸻ CFO * Financial reporting * Profit & loss * Cash flow forecasting * Budget planning * Bank reconciliation * Expense analysis * KPI dashboards ⸻ Sales Director * Distributor tracking * Sales reporting * Lead management * CRM automation * Sales forecasting * Territory management * Rep scorecards ⸻ Marketing Director * Marketing calendar * Campaign planning * Product launches * Social media scheduling * Trade show planning * Email campaigns * Brand ambassador management ⸻ Legal Assistant * Contract organization * Litigation tracking * Trademark deadlines * Regulatory compliance * State filing reminders * Legal document drafting ⸻ Regulatory Compliance Manager Track regulations involving: * Tobacco * Nicotine * Hemp * State registrations * Product approvals * FDA * TTB * State reporting deadlines Provide alerts whenever laws or regulations change. ⸻ Purchasing Manager * Purchase orders * Vendor management * Cost comparison * Shipping tracking * Inventory replenishment ⸻ HR Manager * Employee onboarding * SOPs * Performance tracking * Training * Hiring workflow ⸻ Customer Service Manager * AI chatbot * Email responses * Distributor support * FAQ management * Ticket routing ⸻ Executive Research Agent Research topics including: * Competitors * Market trends * New regulations * Trade shows * Manufacturing opportunities * Product ideas * Packaging suppliers Provide executive summaries. ⸻ Integrations Experience integrating with tools such as: * ChatGPT/OpenAI * Claude * Gemini * Microsoft Copilot * Abacus AI (preferred) * CrewAI * LangGraph / LangChain * n8n * Make.com * Zapier * Google Workspace * Gmail * Google Calendar * Google Drive * Slack * Notion * Airtable * HubSpot * Zoho * QuickBooks * Microsoft 365 * Dropbox * APIs ⸻ Required Skills * Multi-agent AI architecture * AI workflow automation * API integrations * Prompt engineering * Python * JavaScript/TypeScript * LangGraph * CrewAI * MCP (Model Context Protocol) * RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) * Vector databases * AI memory systems * Dashboard creation * Cloud deployment * Security best practices ⸻ Deliverables * AI architecture diagram * AI executive organizational chart * Documentation * Source code * Prompt library * Automated workflows * Testing * Deployment * User training * Ongoing maintenance ⸻ What Success Looks Like The AI system should eventually be able to: * Produce daily executive reports * Monitor KPIs * Organize meetings * Analyze sales * Track inventory * Forecast demand * Generate financial reports * Draft emails * Review contracts * Monitor legal deadlines * Track regulations * Research competitors * Assist with marketing campaigns * Help manage employees * Coordinate projects * Recommend business decisions based on available data The goal is to create a digital executive team that saves significant time each week and helps scale multiple companies efficiently. ⸻ Preferred Experience Please provide examples of: * Multi-agent AI systems you have built * AI executive assistants * Business automation projects * Workflow automation * Dashboard development * AI integrations * LangGraph/CrewAI projects * RAG implementations * Enterprise AI deployments Please include GitHub repositories, demos, videos, or case studies whenever possible. ⸻ Proposal Requirements Please answer the following: 1. What AI platforms do you recommend for this project and why? 2. Have you built multi-agent AI systems before? 3. Which framework would you use (LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, etc.)? 4. How would you structure memory across multiple AI agents? 5. How would you secure confidential company information? 6. What would your proposed architecture look like? 7. How long would Phase 1 take? 8. What is your estimated cost? 9. Will you provide documentation and ongoing support? 10. What enterprise AI projects are you most proud of? This project will likely expand significantly over time. I am looking for a long-term partner who can become my company’s AI architect and continue improving the system as our business grows.