AI Automation Engineer

Valsoft Corporation

6h•Remote

About The Position

Aspire Software is looking for an AI Automation Engineer, someone who can design, build, and ship AI agents that either transform how our portfolio companies operate or become standalone products our customers pay for. This is not a research role. You will be embedded directly inside Aspire Software, working alongside portfolio company teams, understanding their operations, and building AI agents that handle real work: customer service, sales outreach, onboarding, documentation, and more. Some of what you build will replace manual workflows within Aspire’s portfolio companies. Some of it will become new revenue-generating products sold to their customer bases. Either way, it ships to real users. Here is a little window into our company: Aspire Software is an operating group of Valsoft Corporation, a long-term investor in vertical market software businesses. Valsoft acquires and operates software companies with a permanent ownership mindset, emphasizing autonomy, disciplined growth, and long-term value creation. Aspire partners with and operates vertical market software businesses globally, enabling them to scale sustainably while maintaining entrepreneurial independence. The successful candidate will be based anywhere in Canada, working in a remote work model!

Requirements

Proven track record of building products, tools, projects, startups, or side projects that went live
Strong working knowledge of AI and machine learning tools, large language models, and agent frameworks
Ability to go from zero to functional prototype quickly
Comfort with ambiguity. You will often be defining the problem as much as the solution
Bias toward action over planning

Nice To Haves

Experience building AI agents, voice agents, or workflow automation
Background in vertical SaaS or B2B product development
Familiarity with the security industry
Previous startup or founder experience
Experience working across multiple product lines or business units
A bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering or a similar discipline

Responsibilities

Build Internal AI Agent Teams
Design and deploy AI agents that handle operational work across Aspire Software and its portfolio companies, including customer support tiers 1 and 2, SDR and sales outreach, onboarding automation, content and marketing workflows, and engineering maintenance
Measure impact in hours of labor replaced or team output increased
Work directly with portfolio company operators to identify the highest value automation opportunities
Build External AI Products
Develop new AI-powered products such as vertical voice agents, AI copilots, workflow automation tools, and AI documentation systems tailored to Aspire’s vertical markets
Own the product from prototype through launch, including reaching first paying customers
Ship and Iterate
Move fast from idea to MVP to production
Run beta tests with real users, gather feedback, and improve continuously
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams