Hybrid Automation Engineer: AI + Platform Solutions

FAAC Group; Randburg; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Centurion Systems, part of the FAAC Technologies Group, seeks an Intermediate Automation Engineer to partner with business units. You will identify automation opportunities, translate problems into AI-enabled solutions, and own production automation from discovery to adoption.

You will design and maintain an internal AI platform, ensuring scalable reuse of services, governance and security across departments. A strong learning mindset and cross-functional teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE/CE/IS or related field.
• 3–5 years’ experience in software development, automation or data engineering.
• Practical experience developing AI/automation-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Engage with multiple departments to map processes, quantify inefficiencies and prioritise automation opportunities.
• Translate process problems into defined technical solutions with clear scope, data classification and risk assessments.
• Design, build, deploy and maintain production automation agents and workflows end-to-end.

Skills

Python

Automation

AI & automation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/CE/IS or related field

Tools

LangGraph

LiteLLM

Qdrant

pgvector

Langfuse

n8n

Temporal

Docker

Kubernetes

Hermes

vLLM

Job description

Centurion Systems, part of the FAAC Technologies Group, seeks an Intermediate Automation Engineer to partner with business units. You will identify automation opportunities, translate problems into AI-enabled solutions, and own production automation from discovery to adoption.

You will design and maintain an internal AI platform, ensuring scalable reuse of services, governance and security across departments. A strong learning mindset and cross-functional teamwork are essential.