LLM Engineer (Remote, Emalahleni)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is building an AI automation layer into every part of how we work. As LLM 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 will work on agentic workflows with LangChain, LangGraph, and integrate with OpenAI and Anthropic APIs, focusing on tool use and function calling.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building production software with Python or Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI or AutoGen.
• Proven API integration with OpenAI or Anthropic (function calling, tool use).

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Python

Node.js

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

REST APIs

Webhooks

Cloud deployment

Job description

About The Role

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

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.