Senior Microsoft Foundry AI Architect - Contract

AND Digital Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AND Digital Limited is recruiting a Contract Senior Microsoft Foundry AI Architect to start ASAP. You will join a team delivering Microsoft Foundry projects, integrating Azure AI services and cutting-edge generative AI tools across client solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on development of AI agents, platform integrations, security, and scalable, production-ready deployments. You will collaborate with senior engineers to define patterns and ensure best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience designing AI architectures and able to articulate decisions.
• Strong software engineering background, especially on Azure.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Foundry or related Azure AI tools.
• Experience building AI agents and integrations using APIs/SDKs.

Responsibilities

• Design and build out Microsoft Foundry platforms with security best practices.
• Build and configure AI agents using Microsoft Foundry.
• Work with Azure AI services and generative AI technologies to deliver business solutions.
• Develop and test LLM-powered applications and agentic workflows.
• Integrate AI capabilities into existing technology platforms and apps.
• Collaborate with APIs, SDKs and cloud services to create robust AI integrations.
• Apply software engineering best practices to AI solutions, including testing, version control and CI/CD.
• Troubleshoot and optimise AI applications for performance and reliability.
• Work with senior engineers and architects to implement patterns and standards.
• Stay up to date with new Foundry capabilities and AI technologies.

Skills

Architecture design

Software engineering

Microsoft Foundry / Azure OpenAI

Generative AI / LLMs

APIs / SDKs

Python

C#

JavaScript / TypeScript

Cloud-based app development

CI/CD

Job description

AND Digital Limited is recruiting a Contract Senior Microsoft Foundry AI Architect to start ASAP. You will join a team delivering Microsoft Foundry projects, integrating Azure AI services and cutting-edge generative AI tools across client solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on development of AI agents, platform integrations, security, and scalable, production-ready deployments. You will collaborate with senior engineers to define patterns and ensure best practices.