AI Automation Engineer (Workflow Automation & Integration)

apartmentGolden Rule placeJohannesburg calendar_month 

We're looking for an experienced AI Automation Engineer to design and deliver intelligent automation solutions that create measurable business impact.

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What You'll Do
  • Design, build and deploy AI-powered automation solutions that streamline business processes and improve operational efficiency.
  • Develop agentic workflows for reconciliations, audit preparation, reporting, financial analytics and other business-critical functions.
  • Build solutions using modern AI technologies, including Claude/Anthropic APIs, Java (Spring AI), Python and workflow orchestration frameworks.
  • Integrate internal and external systems through APIs, data pipelines and reporting platforms to enable seamless end-to-end automation.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve operational effectiveness across Payments and related business functions.
  • Implement appropriate human oversight, approval workflows and governance controls within automated processes.
  • Ensure all solutions are secure, scalable, auditable and compliant with enterprise and regulatory requirements.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects and technology teams to deliver practical, value-driven solutions.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering, automation engineering, AI engineering or a related technology discipline.
  • Proven experience designing and deploying workflow automation solutions in enterprise environments.
  • Strong development skills in Java (Spring Framework) and/or Python.
  • Experience working with AI/LLM integrations, agentic workflows and orchestration frameworks.
  • Exposure to workflow automation platforms such as n8n, Power Automate, Camunda, Apache Airflow or similar technologies.
  • Strong API integration and data engineering experience.
  • Understanding of governance, risk, compliance and audit requirements within automated environments.
  • Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder engagement and consulting skills.
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