103Q Lead Software Development Engineer Flex Location

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Job Description:

Lead AI Engineer Developer Productivity & Copilot Platforms

Overview

We are seeking a Lead AI Engineer to drive developer productivity through Copilotfirst workflows Generative AI solutioning and autonomous agent programming. This role is critical to advancing our Developer Experience (DX) strategy by enabling modern AIaugmented development practices across engineering teams.

You will serve as a handson technical leader and evangelist for GitHub Copilot Microsoft Copilot Studio and other generative AI products such as Microsoft Power Platform while researching evaluating and operationalizing emerging AI capabilities that measurably improve how software is built and delivered.

Success is defined by adoption efficiency gains and scalable enablement not experimentation alone.

Key Responsibilities

GitHub Copilot & Developer Productivity Evangelism

• Drive adoption and advanced usage of GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Copilot including Copilot Chat and autonomous agentbased workflows.

• Identify highimpact use cases across the SDLC (coding testing refactoring documentation CI/CD).

• Establish best practices patterns and guardrails for AIassisted development.

Generative AI & Autonomous Agent Programming

• Design and implement agentic AI solutions that automate and orchestrate developer workflows.

• Build and evaluate autonomous and semiautonomous agents for tasks such as code generation validation remediation and workflow automation.

• Prototype and productionize emerging AI technologies with clear DX value.

Copilot Studio & Power Platform Enablement

• Build and extend copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio to support engineering and operational use cases.

• Leverage Power Platform (Power Automate Power Apps) to integrate AI capabilities into existing tools and workflows.

• Enable lowcode / procode collaboration through reusable components and templates.

Platform Strategy & Gap Identification

• Assess existing developer tooling and AI capabilities to identify gaps redundancies and opportunities.

• Define scalable architectures and reusable frameworks for AI development.

• Partner with security platform and architecture teams to ensure compliant and responsible AI usage.

Technical Leadership

• Act as a subject matter expert for Copilot platforms and Generative AI development tools.

• Mentor engineers and influence teams through guidance demos and handson enablement.

• Contribute to roadmap planning for AIdriven DX initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with handson experience (Python Java C# or similar).

• Practical experience building Generative AI solutions in production environments.

• Experience with GitHub Copilot and AIassisted development workflows.

• Familiarity with LLMs prompt engineering embeddings and RAG patterns.

• Proven ability to evaluate and operationalize emerging technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with autonomous or agentic AI programming.

• Handson experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform.

• Background in Developer Experience (DX) platform engineering or productivity tooling.

• Experience working in largescale or regulated enterprise environments.

What Success Looks Like

• Measurable improvements in developer velocity and workflow efficiency.

• Broad adoption of Copilotbased development practices.

• Reduced friction across the software development lifecycle.

• Scalable reusable AI patterns adopted across teams.

Why This Role Matters

• You will shape how AI transforms software development at scale.

• Youll influence modern Copilotfirst engineering workflows.

• Your work will directly enable engineers to focus on highervalue problem solving.

• Youll help define the future of AIdriven developer productivity.

This role researches evaluates and supports the adoption of emerging technologies including identifying effective AI use cases to drive efficiency. It applies core software engineering principles to design develop test integrate and maintain applications that deliver business value. The role manages the full system development lifecycle ensuring solutions are delivered on time within budget and successfully implemented. It provides deep functional and subjectmatter expertise interpreting business challenges and recommending best practices to solve complex problems. While primarily an individual contributor the role may act as a playercoach leading projects or teams and operating independently with guidance only in the most complex situations.

Agile Engineering Best Practices

• Identifies and recommends improvements to the software development lifecycle and best practices in agile engineering.

• Provides input into various software development strategies (e.g. unit testing acceptance testing continuous delivery and integration release and deployment for frequent and reliable release) providing the case for using agile vs. traditional methodologies.

• Develops the roadmap and guidelines for tailoring agile practices to a complex and dynamic software development project.

Project Management

• Prioritizes multiple project plans making final decisions about priorities timing and resources.

• Keeps abreast of the progress of multiple projects within a program or across the department; coaches project managers to adjust priorities or timelines as needed.

• Monitors resource usage across projects or programs identifying areas or synergy or redundancy and looking for ways to optimize efficiency.

Troubleshooting

• Provides guidance and expertise to analyze data and patterns and assess the root cause of complex non-routine problems.

• Collaborates with others across disciplines to brainstorm and execute solutions to the most complex uncommon problems.

• Guides the execution of solutions for complex non-routine issues; redirects solution implementation if desired results were not originally met.

Application Development/Programming

• Identifies areas for improvement and develops innovative enhancements using available software development tools following design requirements of customer.

System and Technology Integration

• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends integration of the appropriate systems applications and technology to provide a fully functional solution to a business problem.

Technology Advising/Consulting

• Exceeds customers expectations by listening for unexpressed needs; connects customer needs to relevant service offerings and new technology.

• Leads others in resolving technical issues in a timely manner; follows up with customers to ensure satisfaction.

• Partners with the business to integrate new technologies into business solutions; creates and communicates a vision of the technology requirements for the future state of the business.

• Job Grade: 30G

• Must be currently located in the same geographic location as the following: Atlanta GA Mahwah NJ Parsippany NJ Louisville KY Timonium MD.

• Shift: MondayFriday morning shift (Hybrid schedule: 3 days in office and 2 days remote)

• Last day to apply is Monday May 4 at 11:59 PM

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $121440/year to $225000/year. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and education/training and a candidates work experience. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including but not limited to individual performance business unit performance and/or the companys performance.

Hired applicants may be eligible for Medical/prescription drug coverage Dental & Vision Benefits Flexible Spending Account Health Savings Account Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Disability Income Protection Plan Employee Assistance Program Educational Assistance Program 401(k) retirement program Vacation Paid Holidays and Personal time Paid Sick/Family and Medical Leave time as required by law Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program.

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