Remote Backend Python MCP Engineer — Cloud-Native Platform

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Portugal; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Backend Python MCP Engineer to join our Portugal team in a fully remote mode.

You will contribute to building an Enterprise Agent Development Platform, implementing MCP server templates, onboarding workflows, and a robust template library for enterprise MCP servers. You will develop Python-based MCP modules with asynchronous patterns, integrate OpenTelemetry for tracing, metrics, and logging, and automate deployments with MCP delivery services.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing backend solutions in Python.
• Proficient with asynchronous frameworks such as FastAPI or aiohttp.
• Strong understanding of API development and protocol-based communication.
• Experience with AWS services including Lambda and API Gateway for serverless deployment.
• Working knowledge of containerization principles and baseline security practices.
• Familiarity with observability tooling and concepts (traces, metrics, logs) using OpenTelemetry.

Responsibilities

• Implement MCP protocol server-side components and reusable templates for enterprise onboarding.
• Develop and maintain Python-based MCP modules using modern frameworks and asynchronous patterns.
• Integrate telemetry instrumentation with OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing, metrics, and logging.
• Build and maintain MCP factory and delivery services to automate deployments.
• Design secure, containerized workloads with security baselines.
• Collaborate with platform and architecture teams to support CI/CD, governance, and observability standards.
• Document MCP integration patterns and provide guidance for other development teams.

Skills

Python

Async frameworks

APIs

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

OpenTelemetry

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS CLI

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Backend Python MCP Engineer to join our Portugal team in a fully remote mode.

You will contribute to building an Enterprise Agent Development Platform, implementing MCP server templates, onboarding workflows, and a robust template library for enterprise MCP servers. You will develop Python-based MCP modules with asynchronous patterns, integrate OpenTelemetry for tracing, metrics, and logging, and automate deployments with MCP delivery services.