Generative AI Engineer (Remote, Kempton Park)

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

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking a Generative AI Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on production systems, not model training, and involves turning automation concepts into shipped workflows.

You will work with engineering and leadership to deploy LangChain/LangGraph based solutions, integrate with OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, and connect tools across WordPress, Google Workspace, and internal CMS.

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 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

• Own and ship the internal automation roadmap and build production systems on top of AI models.
• Work with engineering and delivery leadership to turn a documented automation roadmap into shipped workflows.
• Demonstrate projects built with large language models and agent frameworks.
• Develop integrations and automation pipelines across tools and services.

Skills

Python

Node.js

async written work

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 Generative AI 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 Generative AI 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.