Remote Applied AI Engineer — Build Production Automation

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on production systems atop LLMs, not model training, and requires hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph and API integrations.

You will collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to convert a documented automation roadmap into shipped workflows, connecting WordPress, Figma, Google Workspace, and our CMS across the stack.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Own and ship our automation roadmap, turning documented workflows into shipped systems.
• Build production systems on top of large language models; not researching models.
• Develop agent-based workflows using LangChain, LangGraph or equivalent.
• Implement integrations with OpenAI/Anthropic APIs and other tools.

Skills

Python

Node.js

LLM experience

REST APIs

Asynchronous collaboration

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This builder role focuses on production systems atop LLMs, not model training, and requires hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph and API integrations.

You will collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to convert a documented automation roadmap into shipped workflows, connecting WordPress, Figma, Google Workspace, and our CMS across the stack.