Cade R.

I'm a production AI engineer at a software company by day. On Upwork I build AI agents and automations for service businesses that run 24/7, usually live in 2-4 weeks. Recent outcomes: ◽️ Saved a tech start-up 18 hours/week of manual work ◽️ Cut churn by 6% at a SaaS company, adding $5,000+ in monthly recurring revenue ◽️ Added $4,000+/month in revenue for a financial services agent by automating client follow-up ◽️ Built a Claude-powered source of truth for a 45+ unit property management company, so their team gets grounded answers instead of digging through scattered tools 🏆 Why work with me ◽️ Production engineer, not a prototyper. My day job is building AI features, automations and integrations that have to survive real users, real edge cases and real audit requirements. ◽️ I map before I build. Most automation fails because it automates a broken process. I audit the workflow first, cut what shouldn't exist, then automate what's left. ◽️ Real code when low-code hits its limits. n8n and Make cover the 80% case. For the 20% that differentiates your business, I write C#/.NET, Python, TypeScript and React. ◽️ Clean docs, honest scope. You get architecture diagrams, deployment guides and code any developer can pick up. No black boxes, no lock-in. ◽️ Straight communication. If your problem doesn't need what I sell, I'll tell you before we start. 🛠 What I build ◽️ AI voice receptionists for after-hours and overflow calls, with every call logged and synced to your CRM ◽️ Lead and quote follow-up that runs on its own (SMS, email, CRM stages) ◽️ Claude knowledge bases and chatbots trained on your internal docs ◽️ Slack and email agents that summarize, route and act ◽️ CRM automation with AI lead scoring (GoHighLevel, HubSpot and similar) ◽️ Custom internal tools that replace spreadsheet workflows ◽️ Zapier/Make to n8n or custom-code migrations Tools I work in daily: Claude, OpenAI, n8n, Make, Twilio, GoHighLevel, C#/.NET, Python, TypeScript, React, SQL Server, Postgres. Send me a message describing the workflow that eats the most of your team's time. If it's a fit, I'll tell you exactly what I'd build and what it would cost. If it's not, I'll tell you that too.