AI Automation Engineer

Modis is seeking an AI Automation Engineer for a Contract with a client in Irvine, CA. The ideal candidate will drive the development of AI-powered automation solutions by building and maintaining Claude Skills, MCP integrations, and enterprise system workflows.

Rate Range: $70/hour to $75/hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

AI Automation Engineer Responsibilities include:

• Build and maintain AI-powered automation solutions, Claude Skills, and MCP integrations to support reporting, governance, and operational workflows.

• Automate data extraction, transformation, and reconciliation across enterprise platforms including Workday, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and Slack.

• Develop, register, and support MCP servers and API integrations that enable seamless connectivity between AI tools and business systems.

• Ensure compliance with AI governance, RBAC, data privacy, and security standards when handling sensitive organizational and financial information.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, skill definitions, metadata, and deployment artifacts for AI plugins and automation tools.

• Partner with business stakeholders and executive teams to convert recurring and ad hoc requests into scalable, production-ready automation solutions.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and/or Node.js/TypeScript.

• Hands-on experience building and deploying Claude Skills, MCP servers, AI automation solutions, or comparable agentic AI platforms such as OpenAI Codex or Cursor.

• Proven experience integrating enterprise applications including Workday, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365/SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, and Slack, with strong Excel automation capabilities.

 

If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Modis, or any questions, feel free to contact me at Shashank.Tewari@modis.com.

Pay Details: $70.00 to $75.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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