AI Automation Engineer

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 11/09/2026

We are looking for experienced AI Automation Engineersto join a next-generation AI Payments Engineering Team to design and deliveran AI-native Payments Operating System who can take an automationopportunity from idea through to build, testing, deployment and productionsupport, while ensuring solutions are intelligent, scalable, secure andcontrolled.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and deploy AI agents and automation workflows for reconciliations, audit, reporting and financial analytics.
• Develop AI automation using Claude/Anthropic, Python, Java/Spring AI, n8n and MCP.
• Integrate AI solutions with internal and external systems using APIs, data pipelines and reporting platforms.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.
• Build, test, deploy and maintain end-to-end production solutions.
• Implement AI governance, risk controls, access controls and audit logging.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks, templates and standards.
• Monitor and measure efficiency, cost savings, risk and ROI.
• Work with Payments, Infrastructure, Compliance, Audit and AI teams to deliver solutions.

Requirements

Key Requirements

• Strong experience in AI automation, AI agents and workflow orchestration.
• Experience with LLMs, Claude/Anthropic APIs and AI orchestration.
• Experience with n8n or similar workflow automation tools.
• Knowledge of MCP / multi-agent architectures.
• Strong API integration, data pipelines and system integration experience.
• Experience building production-ready, scalable and auditable AI solutions.
• Understanding of AI governance, security, risk and compliance.
• Ability to translate business problems into practical AI automation solutions.

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