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# MCP Expert (Java API Integration

- **Company:** Darwin Recruitment
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Systems Integration, Large Language Models, Kubernetes, Virtual Agents, Restful APIs, Api Management, Docker
- **Published:** September 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.nl/job/nl37d61b44f68f317c15aae04b348c8c73/eaa

## About the Role

* Proven, hands-on MCP experience you've built MCP servers, tools and integrations, not just read the spec
 * Strong Java development background with real REST API design and integration experience
 * Solid Microsoft Azure experience deploying, configuring and running services in production
 * Comfort across the full dev UAT production lifecycle, including live support
 * Able to work from Amsterdam 2 days a week
 * Strong English communication skills

Nice to Have

 * Azure Open AI, Azure AI Foundry, or agentic AI framework experience
 * APIM, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD via Azure DevOps
 * Background on central platform or shared-services teams
 * Dutch language skills

## Description

You'll design, build and own the integration layer connecting AI agents and LLM-based applications to enterprise Java APIs via MCP. You'll work the full delivery lifecycle Dev, UAT, production on Azure, with real ownership and real influence over how the organization adopts MCP going forward.
What You'll Do

 * Design, build and maintain MCP servers and tool integrations exposing enterprise Java APIs to AI agents and LLM applications
 * Develop and integrate Java REST APIs within MCP-based architectures on the central platform
 * Own integrations across dev, UAT and production - robust, monitored, genuinely production-grade
 * Deploy and operate on Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, API Management, Azure Open AI / AI Foundry)
 * Partner with platform, architecture and product teams to define MCP standards and best practice across the organization
 * Take point on troubleshooting, production support and incident resolution
 * Shape documentation, testing strategy and release process from the ground up


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