Hatch IT
Sr. Director of Engineering - API
Reston, VA OR Somerville, MA · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of software engineering experience; experience operating at Principal Engineer or Staff+ level.
About the job
Leads the strategy and hands-on delivery of API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) platform capabilities for developer- and AI-agent workflows.
What you'll do
- Define API and MCP strategy, standards, governance, and implementation patterns.
- Design and deliver semantic, agent-ready APIs and context-aware service patterns.
- Build reusable platform components and lead cross-team adoption, partnering with AI, Data, Platform, and Architecture teams.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- Experience operating at Principal Engineer or Staff+ level.
- Strong hands-on experience building distributed systems and designing API-first platforms.
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and developer platforms or service-oriented architectures.
Nice to have
- Hands-on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience; familiarity with Vertex AI Agent Engine, ADK, LangChain, or MCP.
- Experience with semantic APIs, agent architectures, context or memory systems, BigQuery, Snowflake, Apigee, or Anti-Gravity.
Tools
GCP, Vertex AI Context Caching, Vertex AI Agent Engine, ADK, LangChain, MCP, BigQuery, Snowflake
AI focus
Leads work toward an AI-native, agent-driven platform, including MCP integrations, agent-ready semantic APIs, and context-aware systems for agent workflows.
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