Azure AI Platform Engineer — Hybrid Role with Impact

Leeds Building Society; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working 2 days in office

Annual bonus up to 12%

Matched pension up to 10%

26 days holiday + bank holidays + buy-

Mortgage and Saver products

2 days volunteering per year

Job summary

Leeds Building Society is seeking an AI Platform Engineer to design, build, test, and operate an AI platform using Microsoft Azure tools in a regulated environment. You will collaborate across security, risk, data, and architecture to deliver governed AI solutions.

You will develop production-ready AI services, drive CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and ensure scalable, compliant deployments within Azure. Hybrid working and a strong benefits package accompany this role.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, building, and supporting Azure solutions in a regulated enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and support AI solutions using Microsoft CoPilot, Foundry and Studio.
• Develop AI use cases from proof of concept through to production deployment.
• Build secure, scalable, and supportable solutions within Azure environments.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation processes using Azure DevOps.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, security, risk, and data teams to embed AI capabilities into business processes.
• Support pilot programmes and experimentation activities, helping successful initiatives transition into long-term services.
• Monitor, support, and maintain live AI services to ensure performance, compliance, and reliability.

Skills

Azure Solutions

Azure DevOps CI/CD

Scripting Bash/Python

Production Monitoring

Security & Compliance

Stakeholder Communication

Azure AI Foundry/OpenAI/Copilot

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure AI Foundry

Azure OpenAI Service

Copilot Studio

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Leeds Building Society is seeking an AI Platform Engineer to design, build, test, and operate an AI platform using Microsoft Azure tools in a regulated environment. You will collaborate across security, risk, data, and architecture to deliver governed AI solutions.

You will develop production-ready AI services, drive CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and ensure scalable, compliant deployments within Azure. Hybrid working and a strong benefits package accompany this role.