? 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 Current 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, pro

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