AI Factory Solutions Developer

Advania Group; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 837,000 - 1,016,000; Full time

Job summary

Advania Group is seeking an AI Factory Solutions Developer to accelerate transformation through AI. The role partners with the AI Factory Lead Architect to turn business use cases into AI agents, automations, apps and dashboards using Microsoft technologies, with a foundation in Power Platform and coding.

You will grow into advanced AI solutions while adhering to established architecture. Salary ranges 75,000–91,000 ZAR monthly, with a hybrid working policy offering office and remote balance.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building agents in Copilot Studio.
• Background in the wider Power Platform – Power Apps, Power Automate and/or Dataverse.
• Some exposure to software development – reading/writing simple code (Python, C# or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Basic understanding of Copilot Studio and Power Platform governance – environments, DLP and data handling.
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI and automation and willingness to learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Build and configure AI agents in Copilot Studio and Foundry – following team patterns and designs.
• Follow and help enhance governance guardrails for Copilot Studio and Power Platform.
• Develop web apps and dashboards using agentic dev tools such as GitHub Copilot.
• Support discovery and testing of use cases – validate built agents meet needs.
• Help keep built solutions supportable – basic monitoring and documentation, raise issues promptly.
• Take part in code and design reviews to improve engineering practice.
• Keep learning – expand knowledge of Copilot Studio, Power Platform, and foundational AI concepts.

Skills

Copilot Studio

Power Platform

Basic programming

Governance basics

AI & automation

Tools

GitHub Copilot

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Job description

Position Overview

The AI Factory Solutions Developer is a hands-on role within Advania UK’s internal AI Factory, helping accelerate our transformation through AI.

Working alongside the AI Factory Lead Architect, you’ll turn prioritised business use cases into impactful AI agents, automations, apps and dashboards, primarily using Microsoft technologies including Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Azure and Power Platform. You’ll bring a foundation in coding, Power Platform or both, with the curiosity and ambition to develop across low-code and pro-code AI solutions. As your skills grow, you’ll take on increasingly complex solutions involving generative AI, APIs, MCP tools, Copilot extensions and Azure-hosted applications, while learning directly from experienced architects and AI specialists. You’ll build within established architecture and standards, contribute to testing and use case discovery, and support Advania’s wider AI community by sharing approved templates and patterns, creating a strong career path to grow your technical expertise within AI.

Salary & Benefits

The budgeted salary for this role is between 75,000 - 91,000 ZAR monthly, depending on experience.

Hybrid working

We recognise the benefits that remote and flexible working brings. We operate a hybrid working policy that allows our employees to balance time in the office and time from home. Each team within our organisation can decide how to implement this policy.

Responsibilities

• Build and configure AI agents in Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry – instructions, skills, tools and knowledge sources – following the patterns and designs set by the team’s architects
• Follow and help enhance governance guardrails already in place for Copilot Studio and Power Platform
• Develop web apps and dashboards using agentic dev tools such as GitHub Copilot
• Support discovery and testing of use cases – helping validate that a built agent or automation meets the need it was designed for
• Help keep built solutions supportable – basic monitoring checks, simple documentation, and raising issues promptly to senior team members
• Take part in code and design reviews as both reviewer-in-training and reviewee, using feedback to improve your engineering practice
• Keep learning – build your knowledge of Copilot Studio, Power Platform, and foundational AI concepts (including RAG and Microsoft Foundry) as the team’s use of these grows

What Success Looks Like

• Consistently deliver agreed pieces of build work on time and to the quality standard set by the team
• The agents and automations you build are genuinely used and trusted by the business teams they were built for
• Follow the governance guardrails already in place, flagging anything unclear or at risk rather than working around it
• Coding and Copilot Studio skills are visibly developing over time, supported by regular feedback from senior team members
• You are a reliable, proactive member of the team who senior colleagues are happy to hand build work to

Qualifications & Experience

• Hands-on experience building agents in Copilot Studio – topics, actions, connections and basic knowledge sources
• A background in the wider Power Platform – Power Apps, Power Automate and/or Dataverse
• Some exposure to software development – comfortable reading and writing simple code (e.g. Python, C# or JavaScript/TypeScript) at least, and keen to build on this with the support of agentic dev tools such as GitHub Copilot
• A basic understanding of Copilot Studio and Power Platform governance fundamentals – environments, connections, DLP and data handling
• A genuine enthusiasm for AI and automation, and a willingness to learn new tools and techniques quickly

Desirable

• Awareness of AI techniques such as RAG (retrieval-augmented generation)
• Any exposure to Microsoft Foundry or Azure AI services
• Experience with source control (e.g. Git/GitHub or Azure DevOps)

Experience in a technology services provider, MSP or consultancy environment

Familiarity with Microsoft Purview or information protection concepts as they apply to AI

Certifications

• PL-900: Power Platform Fundamentals
• PL-200: Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant
• AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals

About Us

We are the tech company with people at heart.

At Advania, we believe in empowering people to create sustainable value through the clever use of technology. As one of Microsoft's leading partners in the UK, specialising in Azure, Security, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365, we have a proven track record of success in delivering transformational IT services.

Tech is created for people. Our services impact every part of life. We are passionate about understanding your issues, your business, your needs. Our business is built around understanding people, and our employees are empowered to act on this understanding every day.

Our Selection Process

We are committed to ensuring an equitable experience for all candidates, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Please do let us know if you’ll need any reasonable adjustments as part of the selection process by highlighting these on your application form.

As part of our commitment to our clients we will need to carry out background checks, including a criminal record check, for all offers of employment. If you have any unspent criminal convictions or questions about the screening process, please notify your recruiter once the application has been submitted.