The Planet Group

Senior Director AI Automation

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Senior AI Automation Engineer / AI Engineering Lead Overview

Our client is seeking a hands-on AI engineering leader to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI automation solutions that streamline business processes and deliver measurable impact. This role combines deep technical expertise with cross-functional collaboration, partnering directly with business leaders to identify automation opportunities and deliver scalable AI-powered solutions.

This is a highly technical, individual contributor role with a clear path toward mentoring engineers, establishing engineering best practices, and helping scale the AI engineering organization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end AI automation initiatives from discovery and solution design through development, deployment, and adoption.

  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business processes, identify automation opportunities, and translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.

  • Design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI applications, integrations, APIs, and user-facing tools.

  • Build secure, reliable, and maintainable solutions that integrate with enterprise platforms and cloud infrastructure.

  • Architect and implement intelligent agent workflows, reusable automation frameworks, and shared platform capabilities.

  • Collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure enterprise-ready solutions.

  • Develop technical documentation, implementation standards, and reusable playbooks that support long-term scalability.

  • Mentor team members and help drive AI adoption through knowledge sharing, training, and technical guidance.

  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend innovative solutions that enhance business outcomes.

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience building and deploying production software across backend, frontend, cloud, and integration layers.

  • Strong experience developing AI-powered applications using modern large language models and automation frameworks.

  • Expertise with Python and modern web technologies, including API development and frontend frameworks.

  • Experience deploying applications in cloud-native environments using modern CI/CD practices.

  • Strong understanding of enterprise security, authentication, and scalable application architecture.

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

  • Passion for leveraging AI to solve complex business challenges and improve operational efficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams.

  • Experience designing intelligent agent or AI automation platforms.

  • Background supporting enterprise or regulated environments.

  • Demonstrated success driving AI adoption across business functions.

  • Active user of AI-assisted software development tools and modern engineering practices.

What Success Looks Like

  • Deliver AI solutions that automate business processes and create measurable operational value.

  • Build scalable, reusable automation frameworks that accelerate future initiatives.

  • Establish trusted partnerships across technical and business teams.

  • Contribute to the continued growth of our client's AI engineering capabilities through technical leadership, mentorship, and innovation.