Automation Engineer (Remote, Midrand)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Midrand; Remote; ZAR 600,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is hiring an Automation Engineer to own and ship the internal automation roadmap. This is a builder role focused on production systems atop LLMs, not model training.

You will work with engineering and delivery leadership to turn a documented automation roadmap into shipped, working systems, leveraging LangChain, LangGraph, and external APIs.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building production software with Python or Node.js.
• Experience with LangChain or LangGraph and similar agent frameworks.
• Proven API integration with OpenAI or Anthropic (function calling, tool use).

Responsibilities

• Turn documented automation roadmaps into shipped systems.
• Build production systems on top of LLMs.
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to implement workflows.
• Develop automation pipelines spanning WordPress, Figma, Google Workspace, and internal CMS.
• Integrate MCP server components as part of the broader AI stack.

Skills

Python

Node.js

LangChain

LangGraph

API integration

REST APIs

Webhooks

Cloud deployment

English communication

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

WordPress

Figma

Google Workspace

CMS

Job description

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is building an AI automation layer into every part of how we work. As Automation 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)

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is building an AI automation layer into every part of how we work. As Automation 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.

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.