Remote Generative AI Engineer: Build Production AI

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,350,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Generative AI Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This role focuses on building production systems on top of AI, not model training. You will work remotely, collaborating with leadership to deliver automation across our processes.

Ideal candidates have built solutions with LLMs, demonstrated API integrations, and comfort with Python or Node.js. This is a hands-on, builder role with remote work spanning LATAM and South Africa.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building production software with Python or Node.js
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI or AutoGen
• Proven API integration work with OpenAI or Anthropic (function calling, tool use)
• 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 internal automation roadmap as a Generative AI Engineer
• Turn documented automation workflows into shipped, working systems
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to implement automation pipelines
• Build agentic workflows and integrations connecting tools and services

Skills

Python

Node.js

LangChain

LangGraph

API integration

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Generative AI Engineer to own and ship our internal automation roadmap. This role focuses on building production systems on top of AI, not model training. You will work remotely, collaborating with leadership to deliver automation across our processes.

Ideal candidates have built solutions with LLMs, demonstrated API integrations, and comfort with Python or Node.js. This is a hands-on, builder role with remote work spanning LATAM and South Africa.