Posted on 7/20/2025
Senior AI Automation Engineer (GoHighLevel, Make.com, N8N) – Future CTO Path - Contract to Hire
Upwork
United States
Qualifications
- Minimum 1–2 years working in Make.com, GoHighLevel, and N8N
- Strong English communication skills (spoken + written)
- Not just a task-taker — you think in systems and love solving problems
- Proactive, fast, and detail-oriented — you execute without needing hand-holding
- Comfortable working across multiple time zones and in a fast-paced, high-trust environment
- Experience working with AI tools (OpenAI, Claude, LangChain, etc.)
Responsibilities
- You’ll lead the architecture of AI appointment setting systems, automated CRM pipelines, Make.com integrations, and reusable GoHighLevel snapshots
- This is a long-term, high-impact role for someone who wants to grow into a CTO-level position
- You’ll have deep ownership of internal product builds and automations that power client acquisition, fulfillment, and growth — across multiple brands
- Build & optimize workflows using advanced conditional logic
- Create and maintain snapshots for GHL (e.g. AI IG appointment setter, pipelines, lead scoring)
- Set up pipeline automations, reminders, email/SMS/DM sequences
- Create fully operational sub-accounts for repeatable use
- ✅ Make.com Power User
- Build complex multi-platform automations using webhooks, routers, filters, and JSON modules
- Integrate GHL, AppointWise, Webflow, Slack, Google Sheets, Notion, and more
- Build dashboards and lead attribution logic
- Handle error scenarios, retries, fallback logic
- Build dynamic AI agents using Make.com + GHL + OpenAI (or Claude)
- Integrate AppointWise or Calendly with follow-up automations
- Engineer personalized conversational flows for lead nurturing and qualification
- Develop variable-driven prompt systems with memory and fallback prompts
- Set up fallback automation stacks
- Handle webhook relays, queues, parallel logic branches
- ✅ Productize Internal Systems
- Build evergreen internal tools (e.g., lead routing engine, onboarding system, VA workflows)
- Create replicable snapshots (e.g., “Instagram AI DM Setter”)
- Standardize processes, name conventions, and documentation for scale
- How you’d build a scalable AI appointment setter for IG
Full Description
Summary:
We're not hiring just another automator.
We’re looking for a product-minded, system-obsessed, fast-executing automation wizard who wants to help build the backend of a scalable AI agency. You’ll lead the architecture of AI appointment setting systems, automated CRM pipelines, Make.com integrations, and reusable GoHighLevel snapshots.
This is a long-term, high-impact role for someone who wants to grow into a CTO-level position. You’ll have deep ownership of internal product builds and automations that power client acquisition, fulfillment, and growth — across multiple brands.
Key Responsibilities:
✅ GoHighLevel Expert
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Build & optimize workflows using advanced conditional logic
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Create and maintain snapshots for GHL (e.g. AI IG appointment setter, pipelines, lead scoring)
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Set up pipeline automations, reminders, email/SMS/DM sequences
-
Create fully operational sub-accounts for repeatable use
✅ Make.com Power User
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Build complex multi-platform automations using webhooks, routers, filters, and JSON modules
-
Integrate GHL, AppointWise, Webflow, Slack, Google Sheets, Notion, and more
-
Build dashboards and lead attribution logic
-
Handle error scenarios, retries, fallback logic
✅ AI Appointment Setting Systems
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Build dynamic AI agents using Make.com + GHL + OpenAI (or Claude)
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Integrate AppointWise or Calendly with follow-up automations
-
Engineer personalized conversational flows for lead nurturing and qualification
-
Develop variable-driven prompt systems with memory and fallback prompts
✅ N8N
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Set up fallback automation stacks
-
Handle webhook relays, queues, parallel logic branches
✅ Productize Internal Systems
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Build evergreen internal tools (e.g., lead routing engine, onboarding system, VA workflows)
-
Create replicable snapshots (e.g., “Instagram AI DM Setter”)
-
Standardize processes, name conventions, and documentation for scale
Who You Are:
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Minimum 1–2 years working in Make.com, GoHighLevel, and N8N
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Strong English communication skills (spoken + written)
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Not just a task-taker — you think in systems and love solving problems
-
Proactive, fast, and detail-oriented — you execute without needing hand-holding
-
Comfortable working across multiple time zones and in a fast-paced, high-trust environment
-
Experience working with AI tools (OpenAI, Claude, LangChain, etc.)
Bonus: Familiar with Webflow, Notion, AppointWise,
What Success Looks Like:
We have at least 3 full GoHighLevel snapshots (DM Setter, Client Pipeline, Nurture System) that we can deploy in seconds
Our internal tools (Slack alerts, deal dashboards, lead follow-up flows) run without bottlenecks
You’ve built at least one full AI-powered appointment setting system for Instagram, web forms, or ads
You’ve helped productize our internal workflows into scalable assets
You’ve earned our trust and become a core team member — ideally leading automation & product ops
To Apply (Read Carefully):
This is not a mass-apply job. Only apply if you meet the technical bar and want to grow with us.
To be considered, you MUST:
Start your message with “Automation Athlete” so we know you read the full post.
Record and submit a 3–5 minute Loom video answering:
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Why you're the best person for this job
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A walkthrough of a complex system you built (GoHighLevel or Make.com preferred)
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How you’d build a scalable AI appointment setter for IG.
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1–2 questions you'd ask us before starting this role
Opportunity for Growth:
If you prove yourself in this role, you’ll become the technical lead across all projects. You’ll help shape internal products, train future tech hires, and earn equity-based incentives.
We’re looking for someone we can trust, scale with, and win with.
Apply now — if you're the best, we’ll know.
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