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You will take technical ownership of significant components and end-to-end solutions and guide decisions across low-code, pro-code, integration and AI patterns.\nA major part of the role is engineering AI agents and agentic workflows. You will design how agents use trusted knowledge, approved tools, Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, approvals, human hand-offs and safe failure paths. You will ensure that evaluation, observability, identity, permissions and data boundaries are built into delivery rather than added later.\nYou will review code and designs, mentor developers, improve engineering practices and support live services. 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