? We're Hiring: R&D; & Automation Engineer (1–2.5 Years Experience)

? Location: Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai (On-site)

? Joining: September / October 2026

Imitate Labs is looking for an R&D; & Automation Engineer to help shape the future of Aurra Sales Agent—our live AI voice calling platform serving businesses across real estate, insurance, automotive, healthcare, edtech, and NBFC sectors.

This is a builder role, not a maintenance role.

You'll focus on researching new technologies, building automation, reducing infrastructure costs, and creating AI-powered capabilities that directly drive business growth. Production maintenance and uptime are handled by a dedicated Product Engineer, allowing you to concentrate on experimentation and innovation.

What You'll Work On

? Cost Reduction R&D;

- Evaluate and benchmark AI/voice technologies.
- Run structured experiments to reduce cost-per-minute while maintaining quality.
- Research alternatives across the AI voice stack and document findings.

? Automation & Orchestration
- Build business automations using n8n, Make, or similar platforms.
- Automate hiring workflows, AI-based candidate screening, lead routing, and follow-up sequences.
- Integrate APIs, webhooks, WhatsApp, CRM, email, and internal systems.
- Design reliable workflows with retry and failure recovery.

? Build New Product Features Develop analytics that customers will pay for:




- Lead scoring
- Call sentiment insights
- Objection analysis
- Client ROI dashboards
- Call optimization recommendations

? Growth Engineering
- Build inbound automation from website forms.
- Support AI-powered lead qualification.
- Work on technical integrations for marketing campaigns.

What We're Looking For ✅ 1–2.5 years of hands-on software development experience

✅ Strong experience with Python and/or Node.js

✅ Practical experience with n8n, Make, Zapier, or similar automation platforms (highly preferred)

✅ Comfortable working with APIs, webhooks, and third-party integrations

✅ Able to independently research, prototype, and solve engineering problems

Bonus Skills

- LLM APIs (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic)
- AI agents or RAG pipelines
- WebSockets or real-time systems
- Computer Vision
- Analytics or reporting dashboard development

Why Join Imitate Labs? ✨ Work directly with the Founder on high-impact initiatives.

✨ Own research and automation from day one.

✨ Build products that customers actively use and pay for.

✨ Solve real engineering challenges in AI, automation, and workflow orchestration.

? Interested candidates can apply by

Note: This is a direct chance with Imitate Labs. The interview process will be conducted entirely by the Imitate Labs team.

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