AI Product Developer

Yorkshire Building Society; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Bonus up to 15%

Pension up to 11%

Private medical insurance

My Benefits portal

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking an AI Product Developer to design and deliver production‑ready AI solutions. The role focuses on leveraging large language models, agent frameworks and AI APIs within a secure, regulated financial services environment.

You will integrate with Azure, Graph, Power Platform and Dynamics 365, while applying MLOps practices for deployment and lifecycle management. The role is hybrid with home working and some onsite presence in Bradford/Leeds.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building AI solutions with LLMs, agent frameworks, and AI APIs.
• Understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, vector search, and retrieval optimization.
• Experience developing AI solutions on Microsoft Azure stack including Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service and Copilot Studio.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver production-ready AI solutions using modern AI tech within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Ensure secure, scalable AI capabilities aligned to enterprise standards.
• Develop and maintain retrieval and orchestration architectures, including RAG and prompt orchestration.
• Integrate AI capabilities with enterprise platforms via Microsoft Graph, Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
• Apply MLOps, CI/CD, monitoring, versioning and lifecycle management of AI models and services.
• Foster reuse and collaboration through AI assets, workshops and coaching.

Skills

AI product dev

LLMs

Agent frameworks

AI APIs

Microsoft Azure

RAG

Embedding search

CI/CD pipelines

MLOps

Power Platform

Dynamics 365

Microsoft Graph

Copilot Studio

Tools

Microsoft Graph

Power Platform

Dynamics 365

Azure OpenAI Service

Copilot Studio

Azure AI Foundry

Job description

Are you passionate about making a difference, using your skills & experience to be a key enabler of AI-driven transformation? If so, we may have the role for you!

We are excited to share an incredible opportunity for an AI Product Developer to join our team in AI & Data. As our newest AI Product Developer, you will be responsible for the hands-on engineering for the design, prototyping and delivery of AI-enabled products that address real business and operational challenges.

This is a hybrid role with working from home plus some onsite presence in our Bradford & central Leeds offices.

About the role

Operating within the AI Enablement and Foundry delivery team, the role will translate business needs into secure, scalable AI capabilities across internal and customer facing services. Through experimentation, engineering discipline and collaboration, this role will support improved efficiency, decision-making and customer outcomes.

You will-

• Focus on the design and delivery of production-ready AI solutions, using modern AI technologies within the Microsoft ecosystem, ensuring responsible adoption in a regulated financial services environment.




• Leverage large language models, agentic architectures, and speech technologies, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable and aligned to enterprise standards.




• Develop and maintain retrieval and orchestration architectures, including Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt orchestration, validation pipelines, and traceability mechanisms to improve accuracy and reliability.




• Integrate AI capabilities with enterprise platforms by designing solutions that interact with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Graph, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and other core systems.




• Apply MLOps and operational practices to support deployment, monitoring, versioning, performance optimisation, and lifecycle management of AI models and services.




• Enable reuse and collaboration by creating shared AI assets, supporting teams through workshops and coaching, and contributing to the organisation’s broader AI capability development.

About you

• You’ll have hands on experience building AI solutions using large language models, agent frameworks an AI APIs.




• A strong understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, vector search and retrieval optimisation.




• Experience developing AI solutions using Microsoft Azure, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service and Copilot Studio




• You’ll have familiarity with enterprise integration patterns using Microsoft Graph, Power Platform and business applications. As well as working knowledge of MLOps, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and operational support of AI systems.




• Strong communication skills, including explaining technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility.

We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime to discuss this during the recruitment process.

Development.

We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity.

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 28 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.




• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).




• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.




• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.




• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.

Want more information?

If you have any questions about this role, please contact [e-mail]