Lead AI Architect Microsoft Copilot Studio

Accord Technologies Inc; Piscataway Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Accord Technologies Inc in Piscataway, NJ seeks a Lead AI Architect to design and deliver AI, Generative AI, and ML solutions leveraging Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform. Lead architect-level expertise across modern app, integration, cloud, and AI patterns is required.

You will prototype rapid solutions, translate business requirements into scalable enterprise architectures, and guide governance for AI deployments, data, and APIs—while coordinating security, data governance, and API

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience architecting and delivering AI, Generative AI, and ML solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver AI/ML solutions with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform.

Skills

AI architectures

Generative AI

Machine learning

Copilot Studio

Power Platform

Power Apps

Power Automate

Dataverse

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Embeddings

Vector stores

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

REST/GraphQL APIs

Microservices

CI/CD

Git

Infrastructure as Code

C4/UML/ArchiMate/ADRs

Python

Java

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Git

REST

GraphQL

Job description

Job Title: Lead AI Architect Microsoft Copilot Studio / Low-Code Platform

Location: Piscataway, NJ

Position type: W2 contract

Duration: 12 months

Job type: onsite/Hybrid.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate must have hands‑on experience architecting and delivering AI, Generative AI, and machine-learning solutions, with strong expertise in Microsoft Copilot Studio and Microsoft Power Platform/low-code platforms, including Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse. The candidate should be capable of rapidly developing POCs and working prototypes and have Lead Architect-level experience across modern application, integration, cloud, and AI architecture patterns. Strong knowledge of LLMs, RAG, agentic AI, prompt engineering, model APIs, embeddings, vector stores, and AI integrations is required. Experience with at least one major cloud platform, preferably Microsoft Azure, along with Docker, Kubernetes, serverless services, REST/GraphQL APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, messaging/streaming, and enterprise integration patterns is highly desirable. Proficiency in Python and/or Java, rapid prototyping, scripting, CI/CD, Git, Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, and architecture modeling/documentation using C4, UML, ArchiMate, and ADRs is expected.

Requirement

The candidate must demonstrate strong ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective enterprise solutions and communicate architecture decisions effectively to both technical and business stakeholders. Experience with enterprise data and information architecture, including data modeling, relational and NoSQL databases, data lakes/warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, data governance, metadata, and AI knowledge architectures is preferred. Experience with enterprise Power Platform governance, ALM, solution management, deployment pipelines, AI-agent architecture, Azure AI/Azure OpenAI, and enterprise API integrations will be highly valued. Prior experience supporting Finance, Controllers/Financial Control, or related business processes is preferred but not required.