Applied AI Engineer (Remote, Ciudad Juarez)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Ciudad Juárez; Hybrid; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on production systems on top of LLMs, not model training.

You will work with engineering and delivery leadership to implement documented automation workflows, building agentic flows with LangChain/LangGraph and integrations with OpenAI/Anthropic APIs. Remote role focusing on Latin America and South Africa.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building production software with Python or Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen.
• Proven API integration work with OpenAI or Anthropic (function calling, tool use, streaming).
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, webhooks and basic cloud deployment.
• English sufficient for async written work with a US-based team.

Responsibilities

• Own and ship internal automation roadmap.
• Build production automation systems on top of LLMs.
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to implement the roadmap.
• Develop agentic workflows and integrations with APIs.

Skills

Python

Node.js

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

REST APIs

Webhooks

Cloud deployment basics

English communication

Job description

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is building an AI automation layer into every part of how we work. As Applied AI Engineer at Blacksmith, you own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This is a builder role, not a research role. You will not be training models, you will be building production systems on top of them.

Blacksmith Agency

• Engineering
• Full time
• Remote (Latin America and South Africa)

You work directly with engineering and delivery leadership to take a documented roadmap of automation workflows and turn them into shipped, working systems. This role is for someone who has already built things with LLMs and can show it.

What You Will Build

• Agentic workflows using LangChain, LangGraph or equivalent frameworks.
• Integrations with Anthropic and OpenAI APIs including tool use and function calling.
• Internal tools that reduce manual hours across our design and development production process.
• Automation pipelines connecting WordPress, Figma, Google Workspace and our internal CMS.
• MCP server integrations as part of our broader AI stack.

What You Bring

• 2+ years building production software with Python or Node.js.
• Hands‑on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen or similar agent frameworks.
• Proven API integration work with OpenAI or Anthropic (function calling, tool use, streaming).
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, webhooks and basic cloud deployment.
• English sufficient for async written work with a US-based team.