Remote Generative AI Engineer - Build Production Automation

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Newcastle; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC in South Africa is seeking a Generative AI Engineer to own and ship our automation roadmap. This is a builder role, not a research role. You will not train models, but you will build production systems on top of them.

You will work directly with engineering and delivery leadership to convert a documented roadmap into shipped, working systems. Ideal candidates have built things with LLMs and can demonstrate it.

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 internal automation roadmap as Generative AI Engineer.
• Turn a documented automation roadmap into shipped production systems on top of LLMs.
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery leadership to implement end-to-end automation workflows.
• Build agentic workflows and integrations with external APIs and tools.

Skills

Python

Node.js

Agent frameworks

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

REST APIs

Webhooks

Cloud deployment

Job description

Blacksmith Agency LLC in South Africa is seeking a Generative AI Engineer to own and ship our automation roadmap. This is a builder role, not a research role. You will not train models, but you will build production systems on top of them.

You will work directly with engineering and delivery leadership to convert a documented roadmap into shipped, working systems. Ideal candidates have built things with LLMs and can demonstrate it.