AI Operations & Automation Engineer (Contractor)

ABOUT FRESNO SUMMIT ADVISORS Fresno Summit Advisors is a recruiting and talent operations partner supporting startups and SMBs across healthcare, healthcare AI, fintech, and emerging technology sectors. We help companies build stronger hiring systems, improve recruiting operations, and execute high-quality searches across leadership, technical, operational, and healthcare-focused roles. As Fresno Summit continues to grow, we are investing heavily in AI-enabled recruiting infrastructure and operational systems to improve sourcing speed, recruiting quality, workflow automation, and overall scalability. We are looking for a highly operational, technically curious contractor to help build and maintain these systems. ABOUT THE ROLE This is not a traditional software engineering role. We are looking for a highly resourceful AI Operations & Automation Contractor who can help us build lightweight AI-enabled recruiting workflows, sourcing infrastructure, operational automations, and internal recruiting systems. This role sits at the intersection of: - recruiting operations - workflow automation - AI tooling - sourcing infrastructure - operational systems - data enrichment - process optimization You will work directly with the Founder of Fresno Summit Advisors to help design and implement internal recruiting workflows that improve operational efficiency and allow the company to scale with a lean team. This is an ideal role for someone who: - enjoys building systems - is highly curious about AI workflows - likes operational problem-solving - enjoys automating repetitive work - is comfortable learning quickly - thrives in startup environments - is excited about practical AI applications WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON You will help build and maintain internal systems such as: - AI-powered candidate summary workflows - Candidate intelligence databases - Sourcing automation workflows - Outreach personalization systems - Recruiting workflow automations - Slack operational alerts - Search setup templates - Recruiting operations dashboards - Data enrichment workflows - AI-assisted recruiting workflows - Workflow integrations between recruiting systems EXAMPLE PROJECTS Examples of workflows you may help build: - Generate recruiter-ready candidate summaries from LinkedIn profiles - Automatically enrich and classify candidate data - Build sourcing tables and candidate pipelines in Clay - Trigger operational alerts when recruiting workflows stall - Generate personalized outreach drafts for recruiters - Build lightweight AI workflows using OpenAI APIs - Create automations using n8n, Zapier, or similar tools - Improve recruiting operations and workflow efficiency WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience using Clay, Airtable, Notion, Zapier, Make, n8n, or similar workflow tools - Familiarity with AI tools and APIs such as OpenAI, Claude, ChatGPT, or similar - Comfortable learning new systems quickly - Strong operational and systems thinking - Basic understanding of APIs, automations, and integrations - Strong organization and documentation skills - Strong English written communication - Comfortable working independently - Startup mindset and willingness to experiment - Curious and highly resourceful NICE TO HAVE - Python familiarity - Recruiting or sourcing workflow exposure - Data enrichment experience - CRM or ATS experience - Spreadsheet/data operations experience - Slack workflow experience WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE Success in this role means helping Fresno Summit: - reduce repetitive recruiting work - improve sourcing speed - improve candidate intelligence - centralize recruiting workflows - improve operational visibility - support more clients with lean headcount - build scalable internal systems WORKING MODEL - Part-time contractor role - Fully remote TOOLS WE USE - Ashby ATS - Clay - OpenAI / ChatGPT - Slack - n8n - Google Workspace - LinkedIn Recruiter - Apollo and enrichment tools IDEAL CANDIDATE This role is ideal for someone who: - enjoys building workflows and systems - likes solving operational problems - experiments with AI tools regularly - thrives in ambiguity - is excited about AI-enabled operations - enjoys startup environments - wants to build practical systems that create real business leverage