Forward Deployed Engineering Leader – Microsoft AI Business Solutions

Jobtailor; Dadri; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe India is seeking a senior architect to lead AI-enabled solution design and complex client engagements. You will guide architecture decisions, drive delivery across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure AI, and Dataverse, and mentor the India engineering team.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership in a consulting environment with a focus on business transformation and ethical conduct. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of software engineering experience and 5+ years leading

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of software engineering experience.
• Proven leadership of global engineering teams for 5+ years.
• Mentor engineers, set technical standards, promote modern delivery practices.
• Demonstrated ability to improve team throughput with measurable results.
• Hands-on experience shipping production AI-enabled solutions.
• Ability to design end-to-end architectures across applications, data, automation, AI, security and integration layers.
• Experience delivering in a consulting or professional-services environment.
• Comfortable with client-facing, scoped engagements.
• Knowledge of business processes such as customer service, sales, finance, operations, risk and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture decisions for AI-enabled business process solutions.
• Direct technical design and delivery across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure AI, Dataverse, Fabric, and integrations.
• Coach India engineering team on delivery methods, architecture rigor and critical thinking.
• Support pre-sales, solution shaping, estimation, and workshops; engage with executives.
• Identify opportunities for AI, automation and reusable Crowe IP to standardize delivery and improve margins.

Skills

Software engineering

AI-enabled solution design

Technical architecture design

Delivery methodologies

Client engagement

Mentoring

Coaching

Critical thinking

Ethical conduct

Leadership

Tools

Dynamics 365

Power Platform

Copilot Studio

Azure

Azure OpenAI

Dataverse

Fabric

Logic Apps

Power Automate

APIs

Integration services

Job description

• Set engineering and architecture standards by translating ambiguous business problems into technical solution patterns


• Decide when agentic/AI approaches are appropriate versus simpler deterministic solutions


• Contribute directly to complex client engagements and own architecture decisions


• Participate in customer conversations as a hands-on player-coach


• Lead technical design and delivery of AI-enabled business process solutions across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure AI, Dataverse, Fabric, integrations, and enterprise technologies


• Deliver agentic workflows, copilots, automation, data enrichment, decision support, and human-in-the-loop processes


• Coach and upskill the India engineering team on delivery methods, architecture rigor, and critical thinking


• Influence performance ratings and talent decisions


• Identify opportunities for AI, automation, and reusable Crowe IP to standardize delivery, reduce effort, and increase margin


• Build prototypes, accelerators, and reusable delivery patterns


• Grow a pipeline of hourly engagements converted into fixed-fee or managed-services offerings


• Establish baseline measures for throughput, cycle time, rework, defects, escalations, and reuse


• Drive measurable improvement against operational measures


• Support pre-sales, solution shaping, estimation, technical workshops, and executive-level discussions


• Help shape the evolution and operating model of Crowe's India engineering team

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience


• 5+ years leading global engineering teams


• Track record of mentoring engineers, setting technical standards, and helping teams adopt new delivery practices


• Proven experience materially improving engineering team throughput with measurable results without simply adding headcount


• Hands-on experience designing and shipping at least one production agentic or AI-enabled solution


• Ability to design and explain end-to-end technical architectures across applications, data, automation, AI, security, and integration layers


• Experience delivering in a consulting or professional-services environment


• Comfortable with client-facing, scoped engagements


• Experience with shifting delivery models from time-and-materials toward fixed-fee or managed services is a strong plus


• Strong understanding of business processes such as customer service, sales, finance, operations, risk, and compliance


• Experience working directly with business users, IT teams, architects, and senior leaders


• Strong hands-on experience across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Dataverse, Fabric, Logic Apps, Power Automate, APIs, and integration services


• Experience leading a real business transformation


• Ability to uphold Crowe's values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship


• Ethical and integrity-focused conduct

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in software engineering and architecture, with a strong focus on AI-enabled solutions and business process transformation. Proven ability to lead global engineering teams, mentor engineers, and drive measurable improvements in delivery and operational efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• 10+ Years Software Engineering Experience


• 5+ Years Leading Global Engineering Teams


• Hands-On Experience Designing AI-Enabled Solutions


• Strong Experience Across Dynamics 365 and Power Platform


• Experience Delivering in Consulting Environment

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Software Engineering


• AI-Enabled Solution Design


• Technical Architecture Design


• Business Process Improvement


• Delivery Methodologies


• Automation


• Data Integration


• Performance Measurement


• Prototyping


• Client Engagement

Soft Skills

• Mentoring


• Coaching


• Critical Thinking


• Client-Facing Communication


• Ethical Conduct

Industry Keywords

• Business Transformation


• Consulting


• Professional Services


• Customer Service


• Sales


• Finance


• Operations


• Risk


• Compliance

Tools & Technologies

• Dynamics 365


• Power Platform


• Copilot Studio


• Azure


• Azure OpenAI


• Dataverse


• Fabric


• Logic Apps


• Power Automate


• APIs