Remote AI Automation Engineer — Build Production Systems

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Benoni; Remote; ZAR 420,000 - 780,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is hiring an AI Developer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on production systems built on top of AI models, not on training them. You will collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to turn a documented roadmap into deployed automation workflows.

The role requires hands-on experience with LangChain or similar frameworks, API integrations with OpenAI or Anthropic, and delivering scalable automation across our stack.

Qualifications

• Proven production software experience in Python or Node.js.
• Experience with building and shipping automation workflows.
• Strong API integration experience with OpenAI or Anthropic.

Responsibilities

• Build agentic workflows using LangChain or equivalent frameworks.
• Integrate with OpenAI and Anthropic APIs (tool use and function calling).
• Develop internal tools to reduce manual hours across workflows.
• Create automation pipelines connecting tools in the design and development stack.
• Work with engineering and delivery leadership to ship automation roadmaps.

Skills

Python

Node.js

REST APIs

Cloud deployment basics

English communication

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is hiring an AI Developer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on production systems built on top of AI models, not on training them. You will collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to turn a documented roadmap into deployed automation workflows.

The role requires hands-on experience with LangChain or similar frameworks, API integrations with OpenAI or Anthropic, and delivering scalable automation across our stack.