Automation Engineer (Remote, Pretoria)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is hiring an Automation Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on production systems over research, not model training.

You will collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to convert a documented automation roadmap into shipped, working systems. The role requires building with LangChain, LangGraph or equivalent, and integrating with OpenAI/Anthropic APIs.

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.
• English sufficient for async written work with a US-based team.

Responsibilities

• Build agentic workflows using LangChain, LangGraph or equivalent frameworks.
• Create integrations with OpenAI and Anthropic APIs including tool use and function calling.
• Develop internal tools to reduce manual hours in design and development workflows.
• Construct automation pipelines connecting WordPress, Figma, Google Workspace and internal CMS.
• Handle MCP server integrations as part of the AI stack.

Skills

Python

Node.js

REST APIs

Webhooks

Async work

API integration

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

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.