AI Implementation Specialist

Announcement time! Grounded AI is hiring. 🚀

I'm looking for two part-time or project-based roles: an 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 and an 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞.

We're growing quickly, and the demand for practical AI support from local businesses has been incredible. This announcement also marks a milestone I hoped we’d reach someday, but never expected to reach just five months in: creating more local opportunities in tech.

When I moved back to rural Northern California last year, there were no local career pathways in tech. I assumed that if I wanted to make the best use of my experience, I would have to work remotely for a company hundreds, or even thousands, of miles away.

Instead, I’ve found myself building a business here, helping local organizations use AI in practical ways to save time, improve operations, and modernize how work gets done.

These roles will allow us to serve more businesses and create pathways for other people here to build skills in this field. That feels like a small but tangible way of contributing to the community I love so much.

The 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 role is for someone technically curious and hands-on with AI tools, automations, workflows, and agents.

The 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 role is for someone organized, communicative, and excited to support client outreach, content creation, scheduling, and the internal systems that help a growing business scale.

Please share this post with anyone in Humboldt County, California who might be a fit. 💚

Posted by: Marie Doce, Founder

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Grounded AI is a fast-growing Humboldt County-based AI implementation firm that helps local businesses use practical AI tools to save time, improve operations, and bring modern technology into everyday work.

Grounded AI is looking for a part-time or project-based AI Implementation Specialist to help design, build, and deploy practical AI workflows and agents for local businesses.

This role is a good fit for someone who is technically curious, comfortable working directly with customers, and already hands-on with AI development tools like Codex and/or Claude Code. You do not need to be a traditional software engineer, but you should understand how AI systems, automations, integrations, and data flows work well enough to build reliable solutions and explain them clearly to non-technical users.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy AI-powered workflows, automations, and agents for customer use cases
• Use tools like Codex, Claude Code, n8n, Supabase, Google Apps Script, and related platforms to prototype and implement solutions
• Translate customer needs into clear technical workflows
• Help evaluate which parts of a business process can be automated, augmented, or streamlined with AI
• Test workflows for accuracy, reliability, and usability
• Document processes, setup steps, and customer-facing instructions
• Support customer onboarding and troubleshooting
• Communicate clearly with customers about what a system can and cannot do

Ideal Qualifications

• Experience using Codex and/or Claude Code to build AI-assisted workflows, tools, or products
• Familiarity with AI agents, prompt design, tool use, and workflow automation
• Comfort working with APIs, databases, structured data, and integrations
• Experience with one or more of the following: n8n, Supabase, Google Apps Script, Airtable, Zapier, Make, or similar tools
• Ability to learn new tools quickly and troubleshoot independently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working with small business owners and non-technical customers
• Product-minded approach: able to think about usability, customer value, and edge cases

Nice to Have

• Experience building internal tools, dashboards, or lightweight web apps
• Experience with CRM, scheduling, email, document, or spreadsheet automations
• Familiarity with security, permissions, and data privacy considerations
• Prior customer-facing, consulting, product, or operations experience

About the Role

This role will support Grounded AI’s client implementation work, including automating time-intensive business processes, building AI agents for repeatable workflows, and helping customers adopt AI tools in practical, understandable ways.

The ideal person is technical enough to build and troubleshoot, but also comfortable asking good questions, working through ambiguity, and communicating with customers in plain language.

Pay: From $50.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Arcata, CA 95521