Senior AI Engineer

*CANDIDATES MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR SC CLEARANCE*

The Senior AI Engineer leads the design, build, and operationalisation of AI and intelligent automation solutions on Microsoft’s end-to-end stack. The role spans the full delivery spectrum — from rapid low-code solutions in Copilot Studio and Power Platform through to pro-code agents and models built on Azure AI Foundry — choosing the right approach for each problem and bringing solutions safely into production. As a senior member of the AI Digital Lab, the role also sets technical direction, raises engineering standards, and mentors others.

What you'll be doing:

• Solution architecture & build — Lead the design and delivery of AI and intelligent automation solutions, deliberately balancing low-code (fast, citizen-extensible) and pro-code (flexible, scalable, deeply integrated) approaches based on requirements, risk, and total cost of ownership.
• Copilot & agents — Build and extend conversational and agentic experiences using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, custom engine agents, declarative agents, plugins, and connectors.
• Power Platform — Deliver intelligent automation and apps using Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, and AI Builder; apply Application Lifecycle Management (solutions, environments, pipelines) and governance.
• Pro-code AI on Azure — Develop, fine-tune, ground, and deploy models and agents on Azure AI Foundry (model catalogue, prompt flow, evaluations, agent service), integrating Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search (RAG), and related Azure services via SDKs and APIs.
• Enterprise agentic delivery — Own the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise-grade agentic solutions, from design and build through deployment, change management, and driving user adoption at scale.
• Integration & data — Design robust integrations across Dataverse, Microsoft Graph, APIs, and enterprise data sources; build the grounding and retrieval pipelines that make AI solutions accurate and trustworthy.

What we're looking for:

Essential skills & experience

• Significant hands-on experience delivering AI / intelligent automation solutions to production across both low-code and pro-code Microsoft technologies.
• Copilot ecosystem — Copilot Studio, Github Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility (agents, plugins, connectors).
• Power Platform — Power Automate, Power Apps, AI Builder, Dataverse, and Power Platform ALM/governance.
• Azure AI Foundry

Desirable

• Relevant Microsoft certifications (e.g., AI-102 Azure AI Engineer Associate, PL-400 Power Platform Developer, PL-600 Power Platform Solution Architect, or Azure AI Foundry / Copilot credentials).
• Experience with the AWS AI stack (e.g., Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, Kiro, and related AI services
• Experience with agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., Semantic Kernel, AutoGen) and multi-agent patterns.
• Experience operating within regulated or enterprise-scale environments.
• Track record of mentoring engineers or leading small delivery teams.
• Degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, software engineering, data science, or a related field.

What success looks like

• AI and automation solutions are delivered to production reliably, securely, and at the right level of code abstraction for each use case.

What's in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform