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Hire an AI Automation Engineer without paying $175k+ a year. Get pre-vetted, AI-fluent AI Automation Engineers starting at $4,000 per month.

We handle sourcing, vetting, payroll, and compliance so you can hire faster, reduce overhead by up to 70%, and add the dedicated automation capacity that eliminates manual work across your operation.

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7+ yrs. experience
$12m+ budgets
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6+ yrs. experience
150+ reports delivered
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A Better Way to Hire an AI Automation Engineer

When teams try to get automation done, it usually falls to a developer who has more important things to build, or an ops manager who doesn’t have the technical depth to execute it. The result is a growing backlog of processes that should run automatically but still run manually — costing your team hours every week.

Our process removes that bottleneck. We screen candidates for hands-on tool proficiency, systems thinking, and the ability to work across business functions. Every candidate completes skills-based testing and a practical AI fluency assessment before reaching your shortlist — we test how they actually work with AI, not just whether they’ve heard of it. Once placed, your hire is embedded in your tools and workflows within 30 days, with all employment and compliance handled on our side.

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What does an AI Automation Engineer do?

An AI Automation Engineer builds the systems that eliminate manual work. They connect your tools, automate your workflows, and integrate AI into the processes your team runs every day — so your people spend time on the work that actually matters.

  • Build end-to-end workflow automations across sales, marketing, ops, and finance — CRM updates, data sync, approval flows, reporting pipelines, and onboarding sequences
  • Integrate AI into business processes — automated summaries, intelligent routing, document processing, and AI-assisted triage
  • Develop agents that execute multi-step tasks without human intervention
  • Write custom scripts when off-the-shelf tools hit their limits
  • Identify new automation opportunities continuously and maintain a roadmap of manual processes to eliminate as the business scales

When is it time to hire an AI Automation Engineer?

The signal is usually a team that’s grown faster than its processes. Manual work that was manageable at 20 people becomes a real drag at 100. When your team is spending time on tasks that should run automatically, this is the missing hire.

  • Your team is manually copying data between tools, building reports by hand, or running the same steps every week
  • You’ve bought automation tools but nobody has the time or depth to build anything meaningful with them
  • Developers are being pulled into ops work instead of product development
  • You have a backlog of “we should automate this” items with no one to execute them
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Why Clients AI Automation Engineer The Global Talent Co.

Talent Access

Network of 470K+ pre-vetted professionals from LatAm and South Africa.

Talent Quality

Every candidate completes skills-based testing and a practical AI fluency assessment. We test how they work with AI — not just what they know about it. Only the top 5% are accepted.

Cost Savings

50–70% less expensive than local talent (US and EU).

Rapid Onboarding

Hire in 30 days.

Zero HR headaches

We handle all payroll, tax filings, and local compliance.

Learning & Development

Dedicated training on AI and the latest automation tools and trends, so your hire keeps getting better after day one.
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Testimonials & case studies

Our clients love us, see for yourself...

Chris Wichert

KOIO Collective
$250K+ Annual savings

The Global Talent Co. made remote hiring seamless, connecting us with top-tier talent while handling the admin hassle. Their local expertise and high retention rates have been a game changer—helping us grow profitably without compromising quality.

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Eyass Shakrah

Pet Media Group
$500K+ Annual savings

TGTC has been invaluable in helping us scale efficiently with a lean team. They've sourced exceptional video talent that has transformed our content strategy, freeing up our executives for mission-critical work.

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Annika Dehmann

Les Maisons
$400K+ Annual savings

Global Talent Co. has been a game changer for us, connecting us with top video professionals we couldn't have found on our own. Their expert guidance and fast hiring—just three weeks—have driven significant engagement growth.

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When we say the best, we mean it

We only work with the top 5% of candidates. Every AI Automation Engineer goes through structured skills testing, a practical AI fluency assessment, and manual screening before reaching your team.

  • Builds and deploys working automations from day one — not a generalist who learns on the job
  • Works across business functions — understands sales ops, marketing workflows, and finance processes, not just how to write code
  • AI-fluent in practice, not on paper — every candidate is assessed on real tasks using the actual tools before we present them to you
  • Keeps current as tools evolve — we continuously train our network so the person you hire in month one is more capable in month six
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how it works

How We Find You Amazing Talent in 30 Days

You Specify a Role

You share job description, core requirements, and key skills we should screen for.

We Source Talent

We run skills-based testing, AI fluency assessments, and manual screening, then deliver 3–5 candidates.

You Interview & Select

You interview each candidate and, if needed, run a 1–2 hour test project.

We Handle Onboarding

We handle identity verification, NDA, compliant contracts, and full payroll setup.

Your Hire Starts Working

Talent is embedded into your team and works like any other team member.

How much does it cost to hire an AI Automation Engineer?

Hiring this role in the US typically costs $8,000 to $10,000 per month once you factor in salary, benefits, and overhead. With our model, you can reduce that cost by up to 70% while getting a full-time hire embedded in your tools and workflows.

Employment, contracts, and HR administration are handled entirely on our side. You get dedicated automation capacity without the hiring delays or compliance overhead of a US technical hire.

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Common Questions

What is an AI Automation Engineer?

An AI Automation Engineer builds and maintains the systems that eliminate manual work from your operation. They connect your tools, automate repetitive processes, and integrate AI into the workflows your team runs every day — using platforms like Make, n8n, Zapier, and the OpenAI and Claude APIs. Unlike a developer focused on product, they're focused entirely on making your internal operations run automatically.

What is embedded talent?

Embedded talent means your hire works inside your team full-time — in your tools, your Slack, your meetings, your timezone. They're not a freelancer juggling five clients or an agency resource you share with others. They're fully dedicated to you, working the way any other team member would.

What is employer of record (EOR) and why should I care?

When you hire through TGTC, we employ your hire on our payroll. You get all the benefits of a full-time team member without taking on the legal entity, tax, benefits, or HR administration in their country. We handle contracts, compliance, local labor law, and payroll so you don't have to.

Do you do part-time?

No. All placements are full-time. AI Automation Engineers do their best work when they're fully embedded in one team's systems and goals — not split across multiple clients.

Where do you source talent?

From our network of 470K+ pre-vetted professionals across LatAm and South Africa. All candidates are sourced from regions with strong English fluency, US timezone overlap, and a deep pool of technically educated professionals.

How do you test for AI fluency?

Every candidate completes a practical AI assessment — scenario-based tasks graded on how they think with AI, not what they know about it. We assess prompting quality, workflow thinking, and output judgment. You see the results in every candidate profile.

How good is the talent, really?

We only present the top 5% of candidates who apply. Every AI Automation Engineer completes structured skills testing on the actual tools — Make, n8n, Zapier, Claude API, OpenAI API — plus a practical AI fluency assessment before we present them to you.

What if I don't like the candidates you present?

We'll keep searching. We don't consider the placement complete until you've found someone you're genuinely excited about.

What is your risk-free guarantee?

If your hire doesn't work out in the first 90 days, we'll replace them at no additional cost.

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