Remote AI Automation Engineer - Build Production Systems

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an AI Software Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This is a builder role focused on production systems atop AI, not model training, and requires hands-on implementation.

You will work with engineering and delivery leadership to turn a documented automation roadmap into shipped workflows, using LangChain/LangGraph and API integrations with OpenAI or Anthropic.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building production software with Python or Node.js.
• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph or similar agent frameworks.
• Proven API integration work with OpenAI or Anthropic.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, webhooks and basic cloud deployment.
• English sufficient for async collaboration with a US-based team.

Responsibilities

• Own and ship the internal automation roadmap.
• Build production systems on top of AI models; you will not train models.
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to ship automation workflows.
• Develop integrations across WordPress, Figma, Google Workspace and our internal CMS.

Skills

Python

Node.js

API integration

LangChain

LangGraph

OpenAI API

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

Job description

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an AI Software Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This is a builder role focused on production systems atop AI, not model training, and requires hands-on implementation.

You will work with engineering and delivery leadership to turn a documented automation roadmap into shipped workflows, using LangChain/LangGraph and API integrations with OpenAI or Anthropic.