Principal AI Platform Engineer, MCP & Connectors

Procore Technologies; United States; Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Bonus incentives

Job summary

Procore Technologies is seeking a Principal AI Platform Engineer, MCP & Connectors, to design, build, and operate MCP connectors linking Claude to Procore’s enterprise systems. Based in Austin, TX with a hybrid schedule, you will own production MCP servers and drive secure integrations across Salesforce, Zuora, NetSuite, Databricks, and Workday.

You will collaborate with Platform & AI teams, implement OAuth and secret storage, and guide API contracts, testing, and observability to ensure

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software or integration engineering experience.
• Direct hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying at least one production MCP server or substantial MCP integration.
• Strong programming proficiency in Python or TypeScript/Node.js, with the practical ability to navigate both environments.
• Deep technical expertise in REST APIs, JSON schema validation, and asynchronous processing, plus OAuth flows, access scopes, and secrets management.
• Proven track record deploying cloud services through automated CI/CD pipelines, with monitoring and strategies for partial failures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain MCP servers and connectors linking Claude to enterprise platforms (Salesforce, Zuora, NetSuite, Databricks, Workday).
• Own production MCP servers, iterate versions, and document after handoffs.
• Evaluate connectors against architectural requirements and advise on configurations or custom builds.
• Implement authentication frameworks with OAuth flows, token validation, and secret storage while preserving permissions.
• Define interfaces, schemas, and validation rules with clear read/write separation and approval paths.
• Build tests and observability pipelines for API contracts, latency, and reliability.
• Maintain GitHub repos, hosting infra, secrets, and SSO for the AI builder program.

Skills

Python/TypeScript

OAuth flows

REST APIs

CI/CD pipelines

OpenTelemetry

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent practical work experience

Tools

Claude API

Claude SDK

GitHub

SSO integration

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Procore Technologies is seeking a Principal AI Platform Engineer, MCP & Connectors, to design, build, and operate MCP connectors linking Claude to Procore’s enterprise systems. Based in Austin, TX with a hybrid schedule, you will own production MCP servers and drive secure integrations across Salesforce, Zuora, NetSuite, Databricks, and Workday.

You will collaborate with Platform & AI teams, implement OAuth and secret storage, and guide API contracts, testing, and observability to ensure