AI Automation Engineer:: San Jose, CA:: Hybrid :: W2

Role - AI Automation Engineer

Location - San hose, CA ( hybrid 3 days a week)

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The Strategy, Portfolio and Governance office runs a steady stream of recurring, high-visibility analysis and reporting for Roman Vorel's ESET org — CW/vendor cost and SOW reconciliation, org-change and headcount documentation, executive reporting (MPRs, leadership decks), hiring job descriptions, and AI-adoption reporting. We are looking for one hands-on engineer to build and maintain Claude Skills, Plugins, and lightweight MCP integrations on PayPal's internal Cosmos AI platform that turn this recurring work into governed, repeatable, self-service automation for Strategy, Portfolio and Governance — reducing manual spreadsheet/deck assembly so the office can focus on judgment calls, not data wrangling.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain Claude Skills/Plugins for Strategy, Portfolio and Governance's recurring deliverables: CW/vendor cost-split analysis (SOW-level $ by support tier, supplier reconciliation to source-of-truth totals), org-change one-pagers, MPR pre-read assembly, AI-adoption reporting, and hiring job description generation.

Automate data pulls and reconciliation from source systems — Workday (org/headcount), ServiceNow SPM/Master Portfolio, CW expense/SOW spreadsheets, and SharePoint/M365 — into standardized Strategy, Portfolio and Governance reporting formats, with built-in checks against known source totals.

Develop and register lightweight MCP server integrations connecting Claude/Claude Code to the systems the Strategy, Portfolio and Governance office relies on day to day (Workday, ServiceNow, SharePoint/M365, Slack, Jira/Confluence) via PayPal's Cosmos AI Nexus MCP Hub.

Certify and publish skills/plugins through the Cosmos Skills & Plugin Registry, meeting taxonomy, metadata, and CI compliance-validation requirements.

Apply RBAC and data-handling guardrails correctly given the sensitivity of what flows through these tools — unannounced org changes, headcount/hiring plans, and vendor financials — so nothing is exposed outside a strict need-to-know.

Work directly with Pallavi to translate ad hoc and recurring Strategy, Portfolio and Governance asks into repeatable automation, iterating quickly as reporting needs shift week to week.

Maintain clear documentation for each skill/plugin (purpose, inputs/outputs, data sources, owner) and provide day-two support/maintenance once in production.

Required Skills & Experience

3+ years of software engineering experience, with solid proficiency in Python and/or Node.js/TypeScript.

Hands-on experience building with Claude Code / Claude Skills or an equivalent agentic coding assistant (e.g., OpenAI Codex, Cursor), including the skill/plugin packaging model (SKILL.md-style definitions, front-matter, tool scoping).

Working knowledge of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — building, deploying, and registering MCP servers; comfortable with OAuth/SSO-based auth patterns.

Experience integrating with enterprise SaaS APIs and data sources — Workday, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365/SharePoint, Atlassian (Jira/Confluence), Slack — plus strong Excel/spreadsheet automation (formulas, pivots, reconciliation logic).

Understanding of data classification and AI governance concepts (PII handling, RBAC, guardrails) in an enterprise setting.

High discretion with confidential material — org-change plans, headcount, and vendor financials — before they're announced or finalized.

Strong written communication — comfortable working directly with an executive office to scope fast-turnaround, judgment-sensitive asks.

Preferred / Nice to Have

Prior exposure to financial/budget analysis, vendor cost reconciliation, or contingent-workforce (SOW) reporting.

Familiarity with data engineering (SQL) and business intelligence tools (Looker, Power BI, Tableau)

Prior work on an internal AI/automation platform team, or with a skills/plugin/tool registry and its certification pipeline.