AI Automation Engineer – Claude Agents & MCP Server Integration (Freelance/Remote)

’m looking for an AI Automation Engineer with deep hands-on experience in Claude-based agent development, MCP server integration, and prompt engineering cost optimization. My ideal candidate doesn’t just prompt – they build. They understand where agents break, where tokens get wasted, and when to write code instead of a longer system prompt. You should be comfortable with: Custom Claude agent architectures (skills, tool-calling, memory) Building and integrating MCP servers with external APIs Auditing prompt chains for performance and API cost reduction Automating business processes with AI (Sheets, CRM, email, Slack) Working independently, delivering measurable outcomes This is for a project-based or ongoing freelance collaboration. I need someone who can hit the ground running, not someone who needs weeks of ramp-up. If you’ve published or drafted agent work, or have battle-tested systems in production – that’s exactly who I want to talk to.