AI Developer

We are seeking an AI Developer to design and build AIpowered solutions using Microsofts AI ecosystem primarily Azure GitHub Copilot Studio and Azure AI this role you will develop and integrate conversational copilots retrievalaugmented generation (RAG) experiences and automation workflows into enterprise applications. You will collaborate closely with product engineering security and business stakeholders to deliver scalable compliant and measurable AI capabilities that support utility and energy customers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Solution Development & Delivery

• Build and maintain AI solutions leveraging Azure AI Foundry including model selection prompt orchestration evaluation and deployment patterns with a focus on reliable and customercentric outcomes.

• Develop and configure copilots using Copilot Studio including topics actions plugins/connectors and inclusive conversation design.

• Implement AI integration patterns such as retrievalaugmented generation (RAG) tool/function calling and agentbased workflows into applications and internal tooling.

• Create and maintain API services (for example Azure Functions App Service and containerized services) to expose AI capabilities to enterprise business systems.

• Design and implement secure and accountable data access patterns for enterprise knowledge sources including SharePoint Azure SQL and Blob Storage.
  

DevOps GitHub & Engineering Excellence

• Use Azure DevOps and GitHub for source control pull requests code reviews branching strategies and release management in a collaborative and agile environment.

• Build CI/CD pipelines that support automated testing security scanning and deployments to Azure.

• Apply engineering best practices including unit and integration testing telemetry error handling performance tuning and clear documentation.
  

Security Compliance & Governance

• Follow securebydesign practices including identity and access management (Entra ID) secrets management (Key Vault) and leastprivilege access.

• Support responsible AI and governance requirements including logging auditing evaluation content safety and prompt and security guardrails.

• Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure AI solutions align with enterprise policies and regulatory requirements common in the utilities and energy sector.
  

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Translate business needs into AI solution designs user stories and technical delivery plans that are practical and measurable.

• Work crossfunctionally with product engineering and business partners to define success metrics validate outcomes and iterate based on feedback and analytics.

• Provide guidance and enablement to teams adopting Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry patterns fostering shared ownership and continuous learning.
  

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience building software solutions using Azure including at least one of the following: Functions App Service Storage SQL or API Management.

• Handson development experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub including pull request workflows branching strategies issue tracking and CI/CD.

• Experience developing AIdriven applications including at least one of the following:

  • Copilots chatbots or conversational user experiences

  • Retrievalbased solutions (RAG) and enterprise search

  • Prompt engineering and prompt or version management

  • Tool/function calling or agentic workflows
    

• Ability to work with REST APIs and integrate AI solutions with enterprise systems.

• Strong software engineering fundamentals including data structures API design testing and troubleshooting.

• Clear communication skills with the ability to explain AI concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
  

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience with Copilot Studio including topics actions connectors publishing and governance.

• Experience with Azure AI Foundry including prompt flows and orchestration evaluation deployments and observability.

• Familiarity with Azure OpenAI or other large language model providers and model lifecycle concepts.

• Experience with enterprise identity solutions including Entra ID OAuth2 rolebased access control and secure data patterns.

• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools such as Application Insights Log Analytics and dashboards.

• Experience with Power Platform Logic Apps or other integration and automation platforms.

• Comfort working in agile delivery models with a collaborative innovative and accountable approach.
  

Benefits Info:
This position also includes a competitive benefit package including; financial social health and wellbeing programs paid vacation 401k matching employee stock purchase program hybrid work schedule and more!

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