Python Engineer – AI Agent & Enterprise Integrations

Role Description

UST Tittle: Lead I - ML Engineering Who We Are At UST, we help the world’s best organizations grow and succeed through transformation. Bringing together the right talent, tools, and ideas, we work with our client to co-create lasting change. Together, with over 30,000 employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at .

Summary UST is looking for Python Engineer – AI Agent & Enterprise Integrations

The Opportunity

• We are looking for a strong Python Engineer with 6+ years of experience to design, develop, and deploy production-grade solutions and custom tools that enable AI agents to integrate with enterprise applications, databases, and third-party platforms.
• The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Azure Cloud Services, application deployment, GitHub Actions/CI/CD, JavaScript, and CSS. Experience with Generative AI, AI agents, and LLM tool/function calling is highly desirable.
• The engineer will work closely with client technical and product teams to understand product APIs, integration requirements, and business use cases and translate them into scalable technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop custom tools and services for AI/LLM-based agents using Python.
• Build backend services and integrations using Python and FastAPI.
• Develop and consume REST APIs, SDKs, webhooks, and third-party APIs.
• Build integrations with PostgreSQL/SQL databases, including writing and optimizing queries.
• Integrate AI agents with enterprise platforms such as Adobe, Optimizely, Sprinklr, and Microsoft products/services.
• Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms including OAuth 2.0, API keys, access tokens, and service-to-service authentication.
• Transform and normalize API and database responses into structured formats suitable for consumption by AI agents.
• Develop lightweight frontend/UI components using JavaScript, CSS, and related web technologies where required.
• Deploy, configure, and manage Python applications and services on Microsoft Azure.
• Work with relevant Azure Cloud Services for application hosting, storage, databases, security, monitoring, and integration.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, including automated build, test, and deployment workflows to Azure environments.
• Develop reusable, scalable, testable, and maintainable Python components.
• Implement robust error handling, logging, validation, monitoring, and exception management.
• Troubleshoot API, database, authentication, Azure deployment, and integration issues.
• Work with client teams to understand new APIs and translate business requirements into technical implementations.
• Follow secure coding, source-control, code-review, cloud deployment, and enterprise integration best practices.
• Collaborate with AI/ML, product, engineering, and platform teams to deliver agent-enabled capabilities.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of software engineering/development experience, with strong hands-on Python development.
• Strong proficiency in Python, including development of production-grade applications and reusable components.
• Strong hands-on experience with FastAPI or similar Python web frameworks.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL and SQL, including queries, joins, data manipulation, and database integrations.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, HTTP, JSON, webhooks, and API integration patterns.
• Hands-on experience developing and integrating third-party and enterprise APIs.
• Good understanding of OAuth 2.0, API keys, tokens, authentication, and authorization.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud Services and experience deploying and operating applications on Azure.
• Experience with relevant Azure services such as Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Azure Key Vault, Azure Monitor/Application Insights, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Container Apps/AKS, or equivalent services.
• Hands-on experience with application/service deployment across development, staging, and production environments.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, preferably for Azure deployments.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript and CSS for frontend or integration-related development.
• Experience with Git/GitHub, branching, pull requests, and collaborative development workflows.
• Experience developing production-quality services with appropriate logging, validation, testing, configuration, monitoring, and error handling.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar APIs, SDKs, Azure services, and technologies and work independently.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience developing Generative AI applications or AI agents.
• Experience implementing LLM tool/function calling and connecting LLMs to APIs, databases, and enterprise systems.
• Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and MCP-based tool/server development.
• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or similar agent frameworks.
• Experience with OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot/Azure AI, or other LLM platforms.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker.
• Exposure to other cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
• Exposure to enterprise platforms such as Adobe, Optimizely, Sprinklr, Microsoft Graph, Dynamics 365, or SharePoint.

What We Believe We’re proud to embrace the same values that have shaped UST since the beginning. Since day one, we’ve been building enduring relationships and a culture of integrity. And today, it's those same values that are inspiring us to encourage innovation from everyone, to champion diversity and inclusion and to place people at the centre of everything we do.

Humility We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity We honour our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, colour, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

• To support and promote the values of UST.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures

Skills Python, FastAPI, Microsoft Azure, REST