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Join Seed Light as an Automation Specialist

Also advertised as: Workflow automation specialist, Automation engineer, n8n developer, AI automation specialist, Integration engineer

The remote Seed Light automation specialist role builds workflows for the apps a client already uses. These follow up leads, create documents and move data between the apps.

Full-time, contract or internshipRemote, wherever you are2+ years building workflows that run daily
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Job description

Automation specialist

Employment
Full-time, contract or internship
Location
Remote, wherever you are
Experience
2+ years building workflows that run daily
Hours
9am to 5pm Malaysia time

About the role

Small businesses lose work to slow replies and to information sitting in the wrong place. This role removes both, with workflows that run every day and are watched when they break.

AI steps are used where they genuinely help and tested like anything else. A workflow that produces a confident wrong answer is worse than no workflow at all.

This listing stays up while the role is open, and every application is read.

People in this role work on Seed Light's AI & Automation projects.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain workflows in n8n
  • Connect forms, WhatsApp, CRMs, spreadsheets and email
  • Add AI steps where they genuinely help, and test what they return
  • Monitor what is running and fix it when it breaks
  • Write the short document that says what a workflow does and why

Requirements

  • You have built workflows that run every day, not once in a demo
  • You understand APIs, webhooks and JSON
  • Some JavaScript for the steps that need it
  • You are careful with client data
  • You design for the failure case, not only the happy path

Nice to have

  • You have self-hosted n8n or something like it
  • You have worked with the WhatsApp Business API
  • You have connected an AI model to a workflow in production

Tools

n8n, JavaScript, REST APIs, WhatsApp Business API, Google Sheets, Supabase or similar. The licences and subscriptions the job needs are paid for, and knowing every one of these already is not expected.

Your first three months

  • Month 1. You take over the running workflows and fix what has been failing quietly.
  • Month 2. You build new automations for two clients, from the brief to handover.
  • Month 3. You own the automation work and how it is monitored.

How to apply

Use the form on this page. Attach your CV and list three things you have worked on, with one line each on what you did. Every application is read by a person and gets an answer, usually within two weeks.

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Hiring

How we hire

Three steps, usually within two weeks, with a clear answer either way.

  1. Day 0

    Send your application

    Share your CV and three examples of work you contributed to, with one line explaining your role in each.

  2. If shortlisted

    A 30-minute call

    We talk through how you work, what you have built before, and what you would like to do next.

  3. By week 2

    A clear answer

    A clear yes or no on your application, with the reason behind it, so you know where you stand.

Straight answers

Questions about this role

Questions candidates usually ask before applying. If yours is not here, add it to the message box on the form.

The automation specialist role covers any business process, including quotes, documents and internal handoffs. The marketing automation role stays focused on marketing work.

The main platform is n8n because it can be self-hosted. Experience with Make or Zapier still transfers because the core workflow and debugging skills are similar.

A growing amount, and generally with a check on what came back. The interesting problem is usually how to catch a wrong answer rather than how to call the model.

Client conversations are necessary to understand what actually happens in the business today. You speak with clients to establish the real process before building, since an automation based on an assumption has to be rebuilt when that assumption proves wrong.

Monitoring should catch a failed workflow and record the affected step. Routine failures can be handled during working hours. A workflow involving orders or payments needs a clear alert and recovery path because leaving it broken can affect live transactions.

Clients rarely maintain these automations themselves, which is why the handover document matters. The application call will cover your experience documenting a workflow clearly enough for its owner to understand what it does, how it is monitored and what to check when it breaks.

A wrong automation result is stopped by checking the output before anything acts on it. A person also stays in the loop wherever an incorrect result carries a real cost, providing a further check before the workflow proceeds.

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Apply below. A CV, links to your work, and a short note on what you have built is enough. Every application gets an answer.

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