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  • Juan

    AI Agent Architect

    Peru/(GMT -5:00)

    Juan Patricio is a full-stack AI engineer working mainly in TypeScript, Node.js, React, and AWS. He recently built a HIPAA-compliant voice assistant for parents of neurodivergent children, with phone and SMS access, location-aware search, and Redis caching that cut API costs by 60%; earlier he built an AI legal-doc platform that processed 500+ formations in 6 months.

    Experience

    8 years

    Availability

    Part-time

  • Ayodele

    AI Agent Architect

    United States/(GMT -6:00)

    Ayodele is an AI engineer working in Python, LangGraph, and RAG who builds production agent systems and evaluation pipelines. He recently shipped a semantic search agent for a content platform, built durable orchestration for 100+ concurrent agent runs, and designed RLHF-style test suites that caught model regressions before release.

    Experience

    8 years

    Availability

    Full-time

  • Vinay

    AI Agent Architect

    Ireland/(GMT)

    Vinay is a Python and FastAPI AI engineer who builds production RAG and multi-agent systems. He led a healthcare knowledge system over 100,000+ policy documents with hybrid retrieval and citation controls, and cut LLM cost per interview by 35% on a multilingual voice hiring platform through observability, caching, and eval pipelines.

    Experience

    10 years

    Availability

    Part-time

  • Marcello

    AI Agent Architect

    Brazil/(GMT -3:00)

    Marcello is an AI engineer who works in Python, LangChain, and RAG, recently building an extractor agent that turns PDFs, images, and spreadsheets into structured data with a regression-tested benchmark suite. Earlier he built reinforcement learning agents with human-like gameplay for a major game studio.

    Experience

    14 years

    Availability

    Full-time

  • Gerard

    AI Agent Architect

    United States/(GMT -6:00)

    Gerard is an AI engineer working in Python, LangGraph, and Azure who builds production agent systems. He recently led a voice-first clinical documentation platform for senior living, with multi-agent gap analysis, PHI-aware workflows, offline PWA support, and tenant-scoped data isolation; he also built a 12-agent audiobook pipeline that cut per-book cost from $28 to $5.

    Experience

    14 years

    Availability

    Part-time

  • Mehmet

    AI Agent Architect

    United Kingdom/(GMT)

    Mehmet is a Python AI engineer who builds RAG and agent infrastructure for regulated finance. Recently he owned the knowledge layer for forecasting agents, ingesting code, docs, chat, and drive data into retrieval APIs; earlier he built a contract review system that used OCR and semantic search across thousands of legal documents.

    Experience

    11 years

    Availability

    Full-time

  • Federico

    AI Agent Architect

    Mexico/(GMT -5:00)

    Federico is a Python AI engineer who builds LangGraph and RAG systems for regulated workflows. He architected an HR SaaS where specialized agents automate up to 70% of daily operations for thousands of users, cut hallucinations by 40%, and reduced inference costs by 60%; he also built a bilingual legal copilot that tracks law changes and supports contract review.

    Experience

    9 years

    Availability

    Part-time & Full-time

  • Angelos

    AI Agent Architect

    Cyprus/(GMT +2:00)

    Angelos is an AI engineer building Python and AWS systems for retrieval, recommendation and editorial tooling. He helped build a media group's AI platform from scratch, cutting £120K a year by replacing a third-party GenAI stack, and led a research assistant over 2M+ documents with entitlement-aware answers that grew engagement 10% month on month.

    Experience

    7 years

    Availability

    Part-time & Full-time

  • Luiz

    AI Agent Architect

    Brazil/(GMT -3:00)

    Luiz is a Ruby on Rails engineer who has spent 22 years building high-stakes systems, from nationwide court software used by over 200 million people to a customer analytics platform on Rails, React, Spark, and Kubernetes. More recently, he built a transcript-based video editing assistant that cut editing time by over 70%.

    Experience

    22 years

    Availability

    Full-time

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Why hire MCP developers with Lemon.io?

With MCP, you avoid rebuilding custom glue code every time your AI agent needs to connect with external business tools, APIs, or live data sources. What you need instead are developers who already understand how to structure those connections properly through APIs and scalable MCP server infrastructure.

Why hire MCP

How MCP developers can accelerate your AI product

Your AI product shines when it works with the tools your team uses daily. MCP developers build those connections. Instead of juggling dozens of custom integrations, one MCP server can bring everything under one roof and help your AI pull its full weight.

Integration

Users leave when AI breaks. But MCP developers keep everything connected and ensure that the whole workflow stays inside your product.

Speed

Building MCP servers from scratch takes weeks. A specialist ships a production-ready connector in days.

Precision

MCP developers build for your use case. The final solution works the way your team and users expect.

Scale

One well-built MCP server grows with you. Plug in new tools as your product expands, while your core system stays untouched.

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Frequently asked questions

Why do we need an MCP server?

AI models can generate content, answer questions, and reason through problems, but by default, they stay isolated from the business systems. They don’t access your databases, file systems, or live operational data. An MCP server solves this by acting as a standardized connection between AI and external tools, giving language models structured access to the resources they need to do the work.

What skills should we look for when hiring MCP developers?

Strong MCP developers combine backend engineering, API architecture, and protocol-specific knowledge. At the core, they should be fluent in TypeScript/JavaScript or Python, since these are the primary languages for MCP server development.

They need solid API design skills because MCP revolves around exposing tools and resources through structured protocols, along with familiarity with JSON-RPC, which underpins MCP transport. Async programming is also important, since MCP servers often handle concurrent tool calls and multi-step workflows.

Can MCP work with our existing APIs?

Yes. MCP server development is designed to extend your current software development ecosystem rather than replace it. Skilled MCP developers can integrate your existing APIs, backend providers, HubSpot, CRM systems, internal dashboards, or third-party automation tools into a unified framework that AI models can access securely. 

How much does it cost to hire an MCP developer?

MCP developer rates often range from about $50 to $150+ per hour, depending on backend expertise, API architecture skills, and experience building real AI infrastructure. Senior developers may cost more upfront.

What is FastMCP?

FastMCP is a developer-friendly framework for building MCP servers faster, similar to how FastAPI simplified API development. It provides a structured way to expose tools, resources, and prompts through the Model Context Protocol without manually handling as much low-level server setup, schema definition, or protocol wiring.

How does MCP support security and compliance?

MCP preserves security by enforcing structured authentication, access control, and least-privilege permissions, so AI models only access approved tools and data sources. To ensure compliance through logged, traceable tool usage, giving teams clearer audit trails and stronger governance for standards like GDPR, HIPAA, or SOC 2.

What are the benefits of hiring MCP developers for my project?

Hiring MCP developers helps your project move faster from isolated AI features to real-world product functionality. These developers specialize in connecting AI systems to APIs, databases, file systems, SaaS tools, and external data sources through a structured, secure architecture.

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