AI Automation Engineer — Production AI Workflows (Remote)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Stellenbosch; Remote; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is building an AI automation layer into every part of how we work. As AI Developer 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. You work directly with engineering and delivery leadership to take a documented roadmap of automation workflows and turn them into shipped, working systems.

Qualifications

• 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).

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Python

Node.js

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

REST API

Webhooks

Cloud deployment

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

REST API

Webhooks

Cloud deployment

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is building an AI automation layer into every part of how we work. As AI Developer 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. You work directly with engineering and delivery leadership to take a documented roadmap of automation workflows and turn them into shipped, working systems.