In this role, you’ll function as an intrapreneur at IAA—embedding deeply in the organization's work, understanding how we think and research, and proactively finding opportunities to use AI to automate, accelerate, and extend what we do. You'll also build internal tools and software to support our programmatic work.
About the role
- Remote, based in the US. [adjust as needed]
- We envision this becoming a full-time position, but it could begin as a part-time contractor engagement depending on the right candidate's situation.
- You'll report to the CEO but collaborate heavily across the entire team.
Key responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of IAA's research processes, analytical frameworks, and decision-making—then design AI-powered workflows to automate, complement, and accelerate them.
- Proactively identify opportunities across the organization where AI could save time or improve our work, and build solutions to address them.
- Leverage frontier AI tools and multi-agent workflows to conduct deep literature reviews, red-team our analyses, and accelerate research.
- Build internal tools and software to support programmatic work, from data pipelines to custom applications.
- Help teammates improve their own use of AI tools as needed.
About you
- You have a strong technical foundation—whether as a software engineer, data scientist, or a technical professional who's deeply comfortable building with code.
- You have deep, practical familiarity with frontier AI tools and how people are using them.
- You learn new domains quickly and can translate messy, qualitative processes into structured, automatable workflows.
- You can hold two things in your head at once: the substance of a domain (e.g., agricultural technology, research methodology) and the question of how to systematize and automate work within it.
- You have a track record of building things that are actually useful—creating MVPs, talking to stakeholders, and iterating relentlessly until the solution fits.
You are excited to work in an early-stage startup nonprofit environment. This means:
- You have an entrepreneurial drive and are ambitious and anti-complacent.
- You're comfortable navigating ambiguity and creating structure from scratch.
- You're eager to jump into whatever task is needed—even if it's tedious, unglamorous, or outside your job description.
- You are comfortable with repeatedly failing, learning, and adjusting (then failing again).
If you’re interested, please send a resume and a short personal essay (<1 page) to careers@animalinnovation.org. In your personal essay, be sure to mention your relationship to our mission, and why you want to work at Innovate Animal Ag in this specific role.
Innovate Animal Ag is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply—if you're excited about this role but aren't sure you meet every qualification, we'd still love to hear from you.
