Applied AI Engineer - Build Production AI Automations

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1,489,000 - 2,151,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to own and ship the internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on production systems on top of LLMs, not model training, and requires turning a documented roadmap into shipped automation workflows.

You will work with engineering and delivery leadership to implement LangChain or LangGraph based automations, with API integrations to OpenAI/Anthropic and cloud deployment concepts.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building production software with Python or Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with agent frameworks like LangChain or LangGraph.
• Proven API integration work with OpenAI or Anthropic (function calling, tool use).
• 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 as an Applied AI Engineer.
• Build production systems on top of LLMs, not for training models.
• Turn documented roadmaps into shipped, working automation workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to deliver results.

Skills

Python

Node.js

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

API integration

REST APIs

Webhooks

Cloud deployment

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

Job description

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to own and ship the internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on production systems on top of LLMs, not model training, and requires turning a documented roadmap into shipped automation workflows.

You will work with engineering and delivery leadership to implement LangChain or LangGraph based automations, with API integrations to OpenAI/Anthropic and cloud deployment concepts.