Associate Manager, Agentic AI Engineer

Avanade Inc.; Chicago (IL); In loco; USD 96.000 - 167.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical, dental, vision, life, and LTD

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Descrizione del lavoro

Avanade Inc. is seeking a hands-on AI/ML-focused software engineer to design, develop, and operationalize enterprise-grade agentic AI solutions.

You will build AI agents that leverage Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Studio, integrating LLMs with corporate data, APIs, and business rules to enable secure automation across enterprise workflows. You will design prompts, grounding strategies, and orchestration logic, while ensuring robust security, identity, and governance patterns.

Competenze

• 3+ years in AI, data, or consulting roles.
• 2+ years with Foundry/Azure AI Foundry and/or Copilot Studio.
• 3+ years software development in Python, C#, TypeScript.
• 3+ years developing with large language models and generative AI.
• 2+ years knowledge of agent orchestration, RAG, and context management.
• 1+ year integrating applications via REST APIs, SDKs, or MCP servers.
• 3+ years working with structured/unstructured enterprise data.
• 3+ years understanding authentication, authorization, identity, and secrets management.
• 3+ years troubleshooting AI apps across model, retrieval, orchestration, and integration.
• 3+ years familiarity with Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and observability.

Mansioni

• Design and develop enterprise-grade agentic AI solutions using Foundry and Copilot Studio.
• Build AI agents that combine LLMs with enterprise data, rules, APIs, and workflows.
• Develop pro-code AI solutions with Python, C#, and/or TypeScript and REST APIs.
• Implement RAG using Azure AI Search and enterprise data.
• Create grounding strategies for secure retrieval and reasoning over data.
• Integrate agents with enterprise systems, APIs, MCP servers, and data platforms.
• Implement agent tools and actions for controlled operations against external systems.
• Develop multi-agent orchestration patterns for complex business scenarios.
• Build Copilot Studio agents with knowledge sources, instructions, actions, and workflows.
• Integrate Copilot Studio with Foundry for advanced AI capabilities.

Conoscenze

AI/Data/Consulting

Foundry/Azure AI Foundry

Python

C#

TypeScript

LLMs & Generative AI

Agent orchestration

REST APIs

RAG

DevOps & CI/CD

Azure services

Security/authentication

Strumenti

Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Git

CI/CD

Observability/Monitoring

MCP servers

Descrizione del lavoro

Avanade is building enterprise-ready agentic AI capabilities using Microsoft tools, combining software engineering, generative AI, and workflow automation to deliver secure, evaluable solutions. In this role, you will design, develop, integrate, and operationalize AI agents that connect to enterprise data and applications, leveraging Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft Copilot Studio.

What you’ll do

• Design and develop enterprise-grade agentic AI solutions using Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Build AI agents that use large language models alongside enterprise knowledge, business rules, APIs, tools, and workflow automation.
• Develop pro-code AI solutions using Python, C#, and/or TypeScript, Microsoft Foundry SDKs, REST APIs, and related Azure services.
• Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) using enterprise data and search/indexing technologies such as Azure AI Search.
• Design grounding strategies so agents can securely retrieve and reason over structured and unstructured enterprise information.
• Create integrations between AI agents and enterprise systems including enterprise applications, APIs, MCP servers, data platforms, Microsoft 365 services, and business processes.
• Implement agent tools and actions that enable controlled operations against external systems.
• Develop multi-agent and agent-to-agent orchestration patterns for complex business scenarios.
• Build Copilot Studio agents using knowledge sources, instructions, actions, workflows, connectors, and enterprise integrations.
• Integrate Copilot Studio experiences with more advanced AI capabilities implemented in Microsoft Foundry when appropriate.
• Design prompts, system instructions, tool definitions, grounding strategies, and orchestration logic to support reliable agent behavior.
• Implement evaluation approaches to measure accuracy, groundedness, relevance, task completion, and overall solution quality.
• Troubleshoot issues across prompts, retrieval, context, model responses, API integrations, agent orchestration, and workflow execution.
• Apply security, identity, access control, data protection, responsible AI, and governance patterns for enterprise agent solutions.
• Support development practices including source control, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and AI lifecycle management.
• Partner with solution architects, data engineers, application developers, business stakeholders, and security teams to translate business processes into deployable AI solutions.
• Develop prototypes and proofs of concept, then mature successful concepts into production‑ready solutions.

Minimum qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in AI, Data, or consulting roles.
• 2+ years hands‑on experience developing solutions using Microsoft Foundry/Azure AI Foundry and/or Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• 3+ years strong software development skills in Python, C#, TypeScript, or a comparable language.
• 3+ years practical experience developing solutions using large language models and generative AI.
• 2+ years understanding of agentic AI concepts including agent orchestration, tool and function calling, RAG, context management, prompt and instruction design, agent memory and state, multi‑step reasoning and workflows, multi‑agent architectures, and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• 1+ year experience integrating applications via REST APIs, SDKs, MCP servers, connectors, or similar integration technologies.
• 3+ years experience working with structured and unstructured enterprise data.
• 3+ years understanding of authentication, authorization, identity, secrets management, and secure application development.
• 3+ years experience troubleshooting AI applications across the model, retrieval, orchestration, integration, and application layers.
• 3+ years familiarity with DevOps and software engineering practices including Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and application monitoring.

Location and compensation

• Location: Chicago, IL (onsite)
• Salary: USD 96,000 - 167,000 per year

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and long‑term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Bonus opportunities
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off

Job requirements

• Avanade promotes a client‑centric, flexible work environment. This role may periodically require work during evenings and/or weekends to support project deliverables, client needs, or operational priorities.
• Travel may be required based on client demand.

Technologies you’ll work with

• Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Python, C#, TypeScript
• Microsoft Foundry SDKs, REST APIs, Azure services
• Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), Azure AI Search
• MCP servers, Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Microsoft 365 services
• Large language models, generative AI
• Git, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, monitoring
• Security, authentication, authorization, identity, secrets management