AI Workflow Automation
Also written as n8n, Zapier, Make.com, Workflow Automation
Connecting business apps together and adding AI steps — 'when a form arrives, summarise it, classify it and create a ticket' — using visual tools such as n8n, Zapier and Make instead of writing a full application. Widely used by operations, marketing and recruiting teams as well as engineers.
Think of it like
Office plumbing: pipes that carry information from one app to the next automatically, with an AI filter fitted in the middle.
Junior or senior?
Easy to start, so low signal alone.
Senior sounds like
Has built automations other teams rely on and can talk about error handling, cost and what happens when the AI step gets it wrong.
Ask them
“What's the most important automation you built, and what happens when the AI step makes a mistake?”