Tech Lead Engineer (MCP Protocol)

Intellias; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health Insurance (employee)

22 days annual leave

3 paid sick leaves

Permanent contract

Modern office in Porto centre

Resumo da oferta

Intellias is seeking a Tech Lead Engineer to drive MCP-based integrations, combining Python backend development, protocol design, authentication, observability, and AI platform integration.

You will lead MCP server implementation, define API contracts, and mentor teams while collaborating with AI platform and security reviews. This permanent Porto-based role offers a modern office and strong engineering culture.

Qualificações

• 5+ years of Python backend engineering experience.
• Hands-on MCP servers or tool-protocol adapters.
• REST/async API development with FastAPI or similar.
• Experience designing APIs and contracts.

Responsabilidades

• Lead design and implementation of MCP-based services.
• Develop and maintain MCP servers and adapters.
• Define API contracts, OpenAPI specs, and governance.
• Collaborate with AI platform teams on agent communications.
• Mentor engineers and drive protocol adoption.

Conhecimentos

Python

FastAPI

OpenTelemetry

API design

OAuth 2.0

JWT

Distributed systems

Ferramentas

AWS AgentCore Gateway

LangGraph

Strands

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We are looking for a Tech Lead Engineer to drive the design and implementation of enterprise-grade integrations based on the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This role combines Python backend engineering, protocol design, authentication, observability, and AI agent platform integration. The ideal candidate has deep experience building distributed systems, designing APIs and contracts, and leading adoption of emerging agent communication standards in enterprise environments.

Project Overview

• Our customer is a multinational corporation with more than a century of history and offices in over 180 countries. Their most ambitious goal at the time is to introduce a range of Reduced-Risk Products (RRPs). The target audience is more than 1 billion consumers around the globe. IT platform hosts 700+ applications.
• Intellia's mission is to help the client with the engineering of a comprehensive software ecosystem for a game-changing IoT product on the margin of innovative consumer experience and cutting-edge technology. Our teams are involved in the engineering of core platform components for best-in-class eCommerce, Digital Marketing and IoT solutions. As an Engineer, you will become a part of Core Architecture Team and be responsible for the architecture, implementation of best practices in our Digital Engineering Enterprise Platform.
• The Platform is a set of services and internet applications that accelerate the development and delivery of software applications by taking care of common SDLC challenges. The Platform provides access and consumption for engineering teams to a set of services, technologies, practices for their development and for operating their application, ensuring a set of compliance and best practices.

Requirements

• Python (FastAPI, FastMCP);
• AWS AgentCore Gateway;
• OpenTelemetry instrumentation;

Experience

• 5+ years Python backend engineering;
• Hands-on implementation of MCP servers or similar tool-protocol adapters;
• REST / async API development with FastAPI or equivalent;

Will be a plus

• AWS AgentCore Gateway early adopter or equivalent;
• LangGraph or Strands agent framework experience;

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of MCP-based services and integrations using Python, FastAPI, and FastMCP.
• Develop and maintain MCP servers, tool adapters, and protocol-compliant integration layers.
• Design and enforce canonical API contracts, OpenAPI specifications, and schema governance standards.
• Build secure and scalable integrations with AWS AgentCore Gateway and related AI platform services.
• Implement enterprise authentication and authorization mechanisms using OAuth 2.0, JWT, and AWS SigV4.
• Design asynchronous APIs and service-to-service communication patterns for agent ecosystems.
• Establish observability standards and implement OpenTelemetry instrumentation for protocol interactions and service operations.
• Collaborate with AI platform teams to enable agent-to-tool and agent-to-agent communication capabilities.
• Define best practices for protocol versioning, backward compatibility, testing, and governance.
• Review architecture, design decisions, and implementation approaches across multiple engineering teams.
• Support enterprise security reviews, architecture review boards (ARB), and compliance processes.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership for protocol adoption initiatives across the organization.
• Create technical documentation, implementation guides, and reference architectures for MCP-based solutions.

What we offer

• 22 days of annual leave per year + 3 paid sick leaves;
• Permanent contract;
• Health Insurance (employee);
• Modern, well-equipped office in the centre of Porto;