AI Engineer, Forward Deployed – Copilot, Azure AI Foundry
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AI Engineer building production Microsoft Copilot and Azure AI Foundry solutions for Collectiv’s enterprise consulting clients. Developing RAG pipelines, agents, integrations, evaluations, and production-ready governance.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and ship production AI solutions on Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry
- Build declarative agents, Copilot connectors, plugins, Copilot Studio agents, topics, actions, and autonomous agents
- Connect Copilot to SharePoint, Teams, Microsoft Graph, Dataverse, and line-of-business systems
- Write and iterate on prompts, instructions, and agent configurations based on testing and user feedback
- Build custom agents and AI applications in Azure AI Foundry
- Select, deploy, and configure models from the Foundry model catalog
- Implement agentic workflows with tool calling, multi-step orchestration, and human-in-the-loop controls
- Integrate AI solutions with enterprise systems through APIs, Azure Functions, Power Automate, and Logic Apps
- Build end-to-end RAG pipelines including ingestion, chunking, embedding, vector and hybrid search, and grounding
- Use Azure AI Search and Azure AI Document Intelligence to index and extract knowledge from Client content
- Partner with data engineers to connect solutions to Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and other enterprise data platforms
- Build evaluation sets and test harnesses measuring answer quality, groundedness, hallucination rate, safety, latency, and cost
- Implement logging, monitoring, and tracing for deployed agents and models
- Apply security, identity, and governance controls using Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, and Azure AI Content Safety
- Use version control, CI/CD, and code review standards for AI solution code and configuration
- Gather requirements, run working sessions, demo progress, and manage Client expectations
- Translate business problems into scoped AI use cases with clear success metrics
- Train Client users and administrators and support adoption after go-live
- Contribute reusable patterns, accelerators, and documentation to Collectiv's AI practice
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 4+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or Microsoft 365 and Power Platform development
- 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying generative AI or LLM-powered solutions in production or Client environments
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility and Copilot Studio
- Hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry or Azure OpenAI
- Experience building RAG solutions with Azure AI Search
- Strong Python or C# skills
- Experience working in Azure (storage, compute, identity, networking)
- Ability to work independently in a Client-facing consulting role
- US citizenship required under the client's contract terms
- Must be physically located in the United States for the duration of the engagement
- Preferred: Experience with Microsoft Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, or AutoGen
- Preferred: Experience with Power Platform, Dataverse, and Power Automate
- Preferred: Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, or Power BI
- Preferred: Experience with LLMOps practices including evaluation frameworks, prompt management, and model monitoring
- Preferred: Familiarity with security, privacy, and compliance considerations for AI in regulated industries
- Preferred: Consulting experience across multiple Clients or industries
- Preferred: Relevant certifications such as Azure AI Engineer Associate, Copilot Studio or Power Platform certifications, or Fabric (DP-600, DP-700)
Benefits:
- Fully remote work environment
- Quarterly in-person team experiences
- Competitive compensation
- Professional development opportunities
- Top-shelf benefits package
- Unlimited time off
- 100% covered health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your family
- Competitive 401(k) with a 4% match
- Educational assistance
- Tech stipend
- Discounts on various goods and services
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