Automation Engineer: AI Workflows & Production (Remote)

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

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an Automation Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on producing production systems rather than research.

You will collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to transform documented automation workflows into shipped solutions using LangChain, LangGraph and OpenAI/Anthropic APIs. Remote work available for Latin America and South Africa.

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).
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, webhooks and basic cloud deployment.

Responsibilities

• Own and ship the internal automation roadmap.
• Turn documented workflows into shipped, working systems.
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to build production automation.

Skills

Python

Node.js

API integration

REST APIs

Async work

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an Automation Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on producing production systems rather than research.

You will collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to transform documented automation workflows into shipped solutions using LangChain, LangGraph and OpenAI/Anthropic APIs. Remote work available for Latin America and South Africa.