Senior AI, Automation & Integrations Engineer (CCH Axcess / Additive K-1)

We are seeking an experienced Automation & Integration Engineer to modernize and automate our CPA firm's operations. This role will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining AI-driven workflows and integrations centered around CCH Axcess, Additive K-1, Microsoft 365, and other business systems. The ideal candidate combines software development, API integration, workflow automation, and AI implementation experience with deep knowledge of tax and accounting technology. This is a hands-on technical position. You will build production-grade automations, not just configure software. Responsibilities Design and develop integrations between CCH Axcess, Additive K-1, CRM, document management systems, and internal databases. Build AI-powered workflows to automate tax preparation, review, document processing, and client communication. Develop API integrations using the CCH Axcess Open Integration Platform. Automate repetitive tax workflows using APIs, webhooks, scripting, and workflow platforms. Create secure data synchronization between business applications. Build custom internal applications that improve CPA productivity. Implement OCR and AI document extraction for tax source documents. Build dashboards and reporting from tax software data. Create automation monitoring, logging, and alerting. Document all integrations and maintain technical architecture. Work directly with tax professionals to identify automation opportunities. Evaluate emerging AI tools and recommend practical implementations. Required Experience 5+ years building software integrations or business automations. Strong experience with: CCH Axcess CCH Axcess APIs REST APIs OAuth Webhooks JSON/XML Experience integrating accounting or tax software. Experience with AI APIs such as: OpenAI Anthropic Google Gemini Azure OpenAI Experience with automation platforms such as: n8n Power Automate Make Zapier Strong programming skills in one or more: Python C# JavaScript/TypeScript SQL database experience. Microsoft 365 integration experience. Git version control. Cloud experience (Azure or AWS). Preferred Qualifications Additive K-1 experience. CCH API development. CPA firm experience. Tax workflow automation. OCR and intelligent document processing. Experience with AI agents. Experience with document management systems. Power BI. SharePoint. Azure Functions or AWS Lambda. Docker. Technical Skills API Development REST OAuth JSON XML Python JavaScript SQL AI Integration Prompt Engineering Workflow Automation Microsoft Graph API SharePoint APIs Microsoft 365 Administration OCR RAG LLM Integration Git CI/CD What You'll Build Examples include: Automated K-1 ingestion into CCH. AI document classification and extraction. Tax return workflow automation. Client onboarding automation. Automated tax organizer processing. AI review assistants. Internal tax knowledge search. Automated email and task generation. Client portal integrations. Document routing. Workflow dashboards. Exception monitoring and alerts. Success Metrics Within the first 6–12 months, you will: Eliminate hundreds of hours of manual tax processing. Reduce duplicate data entry across systems. Build production-ready AI workflows. Create reusable integration frameworks. Improve tax workflow visibility through reporting and dashboards. Establish a scalable automation architecture for future growth. Nice-to-Have Certifications Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Microsoft Power Platform Developer AWS Developer Python certifications AI/LLM application development CPA technology consulting experience Ideal Background Candidates who have worked at firms or software vendors using: CCH Axcess Additive K-1 Thomson Reuters products Intuit products Wolters Kluwer tax software Tax technology consulting firms CPA firms with 100+ employees Tax automation consultancies