AI Automation Engineer

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment is seeking an experienced AI Automation Engineer in Johannesburg to design and deliver an AI-native Payments Operating System. You will take automation opportunities from idea through build, testing, deployment and production support, ensuring scalable, auditable and secure AI solutions.

You will work with Payments, Infrastructure, Compliance and AI teams to deploy AI agents, automate workflows and governance controls across reconciliation, reporting and analytics.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and delivering AI automation solutions.
• Proficiency with LLMs such as Claude/Anthropic APIs and AI orchestration.
• Experience with workflow automation tools like n8n and MCP-based architectures.
• Excellent API integration, data pipelines, and system integration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy AI agents and automation workflows for reconciliations, audit, reporting and analytics.
• Develop AI automation using Claude/Anthropic APIs, Python/Java, and n8n.
• Integrate AI solutions with internal and external systems via APIs and data pipelines.
• Implement AI governance, risk controls, access controls and audit logging.
• Monitor efficiency, cost savings, risk and ROI for AI automation.

Skills

AI automation

LLMs Claude

Workflow tools

API integration

Production AI

Governance & security

Tools

n8n

MCP

Job description

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 11/09/2026

We are looking for experienced AI Automation Engineersto join a next-generation AI Payments Engineering Team to design and deliveran AI-native Payments Operating System who can take an automationopportunity from idea through to build, testing, deployment and productionsupport, while ensuring solutions are intelligent, scalable, secure andcontrolled.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and deploy AI agents and automation workflows for reconciliations, audit, reporting and financial analytics.
• Develop AI automation using Claude/Anthropic, Python, Java/Spring AI, n8n and MCP.
• Integrate AI solutions with internal and external systems using APIs, data pipelines and reporting platforms.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.
• Build, test, deploy and maintain end-to-end production solutions.
• Implement AI governance, risk controls, access controls and audit logging.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks, templates and standards.
• Monitor and measure efficiency, cost savings, risk and ROI.
• Work with Payments, Infrastructure, Compliance, Audit and AI teams to deliver solutions.

Requirements

Key Requirements

• Strong experience in AI automation, AI agents and workflow orchestration.
• Experience with LLMs, Claude/Anthropic APIs and AI orchestration.
• Experience with n8n or similar workflow automation tools.
• Knowledge of MCP / multi-agent architectures.
• Strong API integration, data pipelines and system integration experience.
• Experience building production-ready, scalable and auditable AI solutions.
• Understanding of AI governance, security, risk and compliance.
• Ability to translate business problems into practical AI automation solutions.