AI Integrations Engineer

Engineer with a deep API surface and a security mindset. Builds the tools agents call and the MCP servers they consume. Cares about scoped credentials, rate limits, and what happens when the third-party API returns a 502.

Indicative comp$170K – $240K base (US, senior)

Ranges are indicative US base salary at senior level. Actual offers depend on company stage, equity, and candidate strength.

What this role actually owns

Build the tool catalog the agent team draws from.
Author MCP servers that expose internal capabilities to agents safely.
Negotiate auth and scope with security and the third party.
Design tool surfaces that constrain the agent to safe actions by default.
Own the integration when the third-party API breaks.

What we screen for

5+ years backend, with strong API and integration experience.
Has built an MCP server, tool catalog, or agent-facing API surface.
Articulate about what makes a tool safe — least-privilege, idempotency, audit log.
Has shipped an integration to a flaky third-party API and made it reliable.
Bonus: contributed to MCP spec or a public MCP server.

Sample job description

A starting point you can paste into your ATS and adjust. The exact wording matters less than the rubric — the bullets above are what we'll calibrate against during search.

AI Integrations Engineer

Connects agents to the rest of the world — APIs, MCP servers, SaaS tools, internal systems, and the auth between them.

You'll own:

Build the tool catalog the agent team draws from.
Author MCP servers that expose internal capabilities to agents safely.
Negotiate auth and scope with security and the third party.
Design tool surfaces that constrain the agent to safe actions by default.

We're looking for:

5+ years backend, with strong API and integration experience.
Has built an MCP server, tool catalog, or agent-facing API surface.
Articulate about what makes a tool safe — least-privilege, idempotency, audit log.
Has shipped an integration to a flaky third-party API and made it reliable.
Bonus: contributed to MCP spec or a public MCP server.