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Senior Python Engineer — MCP Protocol & Tool Integration

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Python engineering experience working with agent/AI systems
  • Practical experience implementing MCP servers or clients in a production agentic AI setting
  • A portfolio of tool integrations developed for LLM agents
  • Proficiency in building async HTTP services and streaming protocols

Responsibilities

  • Build MCP protocol servers that support Streamable HTTP transport
  • Create MCP server and client components leveraging Python async programming
  • Develop agent tool integrations using function calling and tool schema definitions
  • Register targets in AWS AgentCore Gateway to enable agent tool discovery

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork
  • Communication

About the company

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EPAM Systems

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market. Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as a Top 100 Best Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services. Learn more at www.epam.com.

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Job description

We're seeking a Lead Python Engineer to build MCP protocol servers and agent tool integrations as part of an Enterprise Agent Development Platform, a cloud-native, production-grade ecosystem designed to help engineering teams define, orchestrate, deploy, and monitor AI agents at scale. Using LangGraph and Strands Agents on AWS AgentCore Runtime, this platform brings consistency to agent development across the organization. The project covers agent framework design, runtime architecture, marketplace integration, CI/CD automation, and enterprise observability, cutting agent development time from months to days while maintaining strong security, quality, and governance standards. Responsibilities Build MCP protocol servers that support Streamable HTTP transport, tools/list, tools/call, and capability negotiation Create MCP server and client components leveraging Python async programming, async HTTP, and streaming responses Develop agent tool integrations using function calling, tool schema definitions, and parameter validation patterns Set up MCP target types, including Lambda functions as tools, remote MCP servers, and OpenAPI-to-MCP translation Handle tool metadata management, covering schema registration, capability tagging, and versioning Register targets in AWS AgentCore Gateway to enable agent tool discovery Convert existing APIs into MCP-compliant tool interfaces Work with engineering teams to establish consistent tool integration patterns across the platform Requirements 5+ years of Python engineering experience working with agent/AI systems Practical experience implementing MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers or clients in a production agentic AI setting, such as handling tools/list and tools/call, registering targets with AWS AgentCore Gateway, or performing Lambda-as-tool / OpenAPI-to-MCP translation A portfolio of tool integrations developed for LLM agents, such as OpenAI functions, LangChain tools, or similar Proficiency in building async HTTP services and streaming protocols Strong expertise in AWS Lambda development English proficiency at B2 level or above Nice to have Prior experience implementing the MCP protocol (server or client side) Familiarity with LangChain / LangGraph tool integration Experience with AWS Bedrock AgentCore Gateway target registration Understanding of semantic tool indexing, including generating embeddings for tool descriptions Exposure to agent framework integrations such as Strands, Crew, or AutoGPT

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