# Neil Busque

> AI engineer and builder based in New Jersey. Builds AI agents, LLM apps, and automation systems, and helps companies get found in AI search (GEO) and traditional SEO. Also builds custom web apps and PWAs. Open to full-time roles and to project work. Documents everything he builds, in public, on the feed at https://busqueneil.com/.

## Identity

- **Name:** Neil Busque
- **Role:** AI engineer and automation consultant and builder. Open to full-time roles (AI engineer, automation engineer, growth engineer) and project work.
- **Focus:** AI agents, LLM apps, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, workflow automation, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), SEO, and custom web apps. Marketing and paid search background underneath it all.
- **Location:** New Jersey, United States (Eastern Time)
- **Education:** Background in IT from STI Tagum College (Philippines)
- **Email:** busqueneil@gmail.com
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilbusque
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/neilbusque
- **Phone/SMS/WhatsApp:** +1 908-316-4140 (text or WhatsApp). Also reachable via the Neil AI chat assistant on https://busqueneil.com

## What he does

Neil builds the systems that turn marketing into revenue. The work covers:

- **Digital marketing & SEO**: on-page and technical SEO, content, AI-search visibility, and organic growth.
- **Paid media**: Meta Ads and Google Ads / paid search campaign architecture, pixel and CAPI wiring, landing-page conversion.
- **Conversion funnels & CRM**: funnel design and build, GoHighLevel and CRM configuration, lead capture and routing.
- **Workflow automation**: n8n and Zapier pipelines for lead handling, follow-up, reporting, and pipeline hygiene.
- **AI agents**: built on Claude Code with MCP servers across GoHighLevel, n8n, Notion, Slack, and more.
- **Web apps and PWAs**: a dozen-plus shipped in 2026, including a personal CRM, a client portal, a link shortener, and this site's own CMS. Most built and deployed in days.

## Selected shipped work (2026)

- A personal CRM, a client portal, a self-hosted link shortener with analytics and web push, a cold-email app, and several offer funnels, each shipped fast and documented in public.
- This site itself: an Astro SSR build with a Supabase-backed build-in-public CMS, dynamic OG images, sitemap/RSS/llms, and a conversational lead-capture assistant.

## Prior experience

- **2025 - 2026:** Operations and automation lead at a digital marketing agency. Shipped 20+ production n8n workflows across 10+ client accounts and a one-click client-onboarding system that cut onboarding from 30 days to 7.
- **Oct 2024 - Oct 2025:** Freelance GoHighLevel developer and automation engineer for SaaS, professional-services, and e-commerce clients.
- **May 2023 - Sept 2024:** Social Media Manager and Digital Marketer at Stout Capital. Grew social following 400%+ in 4 months; ran paid Meta and Google campaigns.
- **Oct 2021 - Aug 2022:** Web Developer and Digital Marketer at Bravo Team LLC.

## Availability

- Open to full-time roles: Digital Marketing, SEO, Paid Search / PPC, Marketing Ops / RevOps, Growth / Performance Marketing, AI Ops / Automation.
- Open to project work: end-to-end funnel builds, single AI agent ships, CRM cleanups, custom web apps.
- Remote, hybrid, or on-site (NJ / NYC metro).

## Guides (written from real work)

- GEO: how to rank in AI answers (ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews): https://busqueneil.com/guides/geo-generative-engine-optimization-guide
- How to show up in Google AI Overviews: https://busqueneil.com/guides/google-ai-overviews-guide
- How to build an AI agent with Claude Code and MCP: https://busqueneil.com/guides/build-ai-agent-claude-code
- What is MCP (Model Context Protocol)? a plain guide: https://busqueneil.com/guides/what-is-mcp-model-context-protocol
- How to ship a web app in days with AI: https://busqueneil.com/guides/ship-web-app-in-days-with-ai
- All guides: https://busqueneil.com/guides

## Canonical URLs

- Home + feed: https://busqueneil.com/
- Hire Neil (AI engineer & automation, full-time or project): https://busqueneil.com/hire
- Hire as an AI engineer: https://busqueneil.com/hire/ai-engineer
- Hire for AI automation: https://busqueneil.com/hire/ai-automation
- Hire an AI engineer in New Jersey: https://busqueneil.com/hire/ai-engineer-nj
- Hire an AI engineer in NYC: https://busqueneil.com/hire/ai-engineer-nyc
- Hire a remote AI engineer: https://busqueneil.com/hire/ai-engineer-remote
- Projects: https://busqueneil.com/projects
- Now (what he's working on right now): https://busqueneil.com/now/
- About: https://busqueneil.com/about
- Paid acquisition system for financial advisors / RIAs (project service): https://busqueneil.com/ria/
- Resume (PDF): https://busqueneil.com/resume.pdf
- RSS feed: https://busqueneil.com/rss.xml
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilbusque

## Recent posts

- [now] May 2026.: https://busqueneil.com/posts/now-2026-05