Remote AI Automation Engineer — Build Production LLM Apps

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an AI Automation Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on producing production systems atop AI models, not on training models.

You will collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to turn a documented automation roadmap into shipped, functional workflows, drawing on prior LangChain/LangGraph experience and API integrations.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building production software with Python or Node.js.
• 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

• Own and ship internal automation roadmap.
• Build production systems on top of AI models.
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to turn roadmaps into shipped automation workflows.
• Demonstrate prior projects using LLMs.

Skills

Python

Node.js

REST APIs

Webhooks

Cloud deployment basics

English communication

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

Job description

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an AI Automation Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on producing production systems atop AI models, not on training models.

You will collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to turn a documented automation roadmap into shipped, functional workflows, drawing on prior LangChain/LangGraph experience and API integrations.