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This role combines hands-on engineering across frontend applications, Python backend services, MCP infrastructure, agent workflows, and secure enterprise integrations.\nAs an AI Engineer, you will build user-facing applications and backend services that integrate with Model Context Protocol(MCP)servers, LLM-based applications, RAG-based retrieval systems, and agent orchestration platforms. You will work closely with AI developers, platform engineers, product teams, and other stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, observable, and production-ready AI solutions.\nThis engineering role is suited for candidates who can contribute across the full stack while also helping shape reusable patterns for MCP-enabled tools, skills, and agent-driven workflows.\nIn this role you will\nDesign, build, and maintain AI-enabled applicationsusing React, TypeScript, Python, and modern API frameworks.\n\nDevelop frontend applicationsaligned with enterprise UI standards and reusable component patterns.\n\nBuild and maintain Python backend services, APIs, MCP services, and integration layersusing frameworks such asMCP,FastAPI&Flask.\n\nDesign, implement, and integrate with MCP servers and MCP clientsthat enable secure context sharing between models, tools, applications, and agent runtimes.\n\nDevelop and supportagentic workflows that executecomplex, multi-step tasks using frameworks such as 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readiness.\n\nBuild and maintainMCP-compatible tools, skills, APIs, and UI componentsfor use across AI applications and agent runtimes.\n\nIntegrate AI-powered user interfaces with backend APIs, MCP servers, RAG systems, and agent workflows.\n\nImplementRBACpolicies governing which users, agents, clients, and applications can invoke specific tools or services.\n\nDevelop agent workflows that support complex user objectives through mcp &skillorchestration.\n\nAlign solutions with enterprise platform standards, including application scaffolding, security, observability, logging, testing, and deployment practices.\n\nEnsure frontend applications are performant, accessible, maintainable, and aligned with reusable design patterns.\n\nEnsure backend and AI services are scalable, observable, secure, and ready for deployment on OpenShift or Kubernetes-based environments.\n\nWrite and maintain technical documentation, integration guides, API specifications, and operational 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registration, schemas, message flows, clients, servers, and lifecycle patterns.\n\nExperience developing agent-driven workflowsusing frameworks such as LangChain, Google ADK, or similar orchestration frameworks.\n\nExperience frontend fundamentals, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, browser rendering, DOM APIs, and performance tuning.\n\nExperience withautomated testing with Playwright, performance testing, code reviews, and CI/CD practices.\n\nExperience building secure, scalable, maintainable applications aligned with enterprise platform standards.\n\nDesired qualifications\nExperiencebuildingMCP serversusing FastMCP or similar Python-based MCP frameworks.\n\nExperience designing MCP-compatible tools, reusable skills, and modular agent capabilities.\n\nFamiliarity with tool schema designand structured output validation using tools such as Pydantic, JSON Schema, or Zod.\n\nExperience with long-running autonomous agentsthat support retries, state persistence, error recovery, graceful termination, and multi-step workflow execution.Experience with RAG-based retrieval systems, vector search, embeddings, or enterprise knowledge retrieval patterns.\n\nExperience with agent observability and tracingtools such as LangSmith, OpenTelemetry, Arize, or similar platforms.\n\nExposure to Splunk or enterprise observability frameworks.\n\nExperience with Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, or similar containerization and deployment platforms.\n\nExperience with Copilot Studio, Microsoft Teams UI integration, or conversational application platforms.\n\nKnowledge of prompt engineering, skill engineering, and knowledge graphs such as llm_wiki and OKF.\n\nFamiliarity with secure enterprise software delivery, platform governance, and reusable engineering standards.\n\nJob Expectations:\nThis position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship\n\nRelocation assistance is not available for this position\n\nPosition offers a hybrid work schedule\n\nPosting End Date:\n29 Oct 2026*Job posting may 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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.\nEmployees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.\nCandidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.\nApplicants with Disabilities\nTo request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.\nDrug and Alcohol Policy\nWells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.\nWells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:\na. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.\nb. 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