AI Engineer

Avanade; Whitehall; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade in the United Kingdom is seeking an AI Engineer to design, build, and deliver agentic AI solutions for clients, leveraging Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and related Azure services.

You will work in multi-disciplinary teams to translate ambiguity into secure, scalable, and production-ready AI solutions, collaborating with clients through workshops and technical discussions, and contributing reusable assets to Avanade's AI practice.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AI engineering and delivery excellence.
• Experience with Microsoft technologies and Azure services.
• Client-facing role translating business needs into AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients to understand business challenges and identify AI opportunities.
• Design, develop, and deploy AI agents using Microsoft technologies.
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise systems, data sources, and workflows.
• Contribute to solution and technical design with security, governance, scalability, and operational standards.
• Participate in client workshops, technical discussions, and solution shaping sessions.
• Support pre-sales activities with technical input, solution design, and proof-of-concept development.
• Develop reusable assets, patterns, and accelerators for Avanade's AI capabilities.
• Stay current with emerging Microsoft AI technologies and contribute to internal AI & Data communities of practice.

Skills

Client collaboration

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Azure AI Foundry

Power Platform

Azure services

Job description

As an AI Engineer at Avanade, you will design, build, and deliver advanced agentic AI solutions using the latest Microsoft technologies. Working directly with clients, you will help solve complex business problems by applying strong engineering practices, deep Microsoft platform expertise, and a pragmatic approach to delivering measurable outcomes. This is a hands-on, client-facing engineering role, combining AI engineering, solution design, and delivery excellence. You will work as part of multi-disciplinary teams to translate ambiguity into secure, scalable, and production-ready AI solutions.

Role Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients to understand business challenges and identify opportunities where agentic AI can drive meaningful value.
• Design, develop, and deploy AI agents using the latest Microsoft technologies (including Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and supporting Azure AI and Power Platform services).
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise systems, data sources, and workflows using Microsoft Power Platform and Azure services.
• Contribute to solution and technical design, ensuring alignment with security, governance, scalability, and operational standards.
• Participate in client workshops, technical discussions, and solution shaping sessions.
• Support pre-sales activities when required through technical input, solution design, and proof-of-concept development.
• Develop reusable assets, patterns, and accelerators that strengthen Avanade's AI and automation capabilities.
• Stay current with emerging Microsoft AI technologies and contribute to internal AI & Data communities of practice.