AI Engineer, Forward Deployed (Copilot and Azure AI Foundry)

Role Overview The AI Engineer is a hands-on builder who works directly with Client teams to design, build, and ship production AI solutions on Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry (now Microsoft Foundry). This is an individual contributor role. You will write the code, configure the agents, wire up the data, and get solutions into the hands of real users. You will work inside a Collectiv delivery team alongside a project lead, architects, and data engineers. You will partner directly with Client business and IT stakeholders to turn a business problem into a working AI solution, then harden it for production. Key Responsibilities Copilot Solutions Build declarative agents, Copilot connectors, and plugins that extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with Client data and workflows Build Copilot Studio agents, topics, actions, and autonomous agents for business processes Connect Copilot to SharePoint, Teams, Microsoft Graph, Dataverse, and line-of-business systems Write and iterate on prompts, instructions, and agent configurations based on test results and user feedback Azure AI Foundry Solutions Build custom agents and AI applications in Azure AI Foundry for use cases that go beyond out-of-the-box Copilot Select, deploy, and configure models from the Foundry model catalog, and explain the trade-offs in cost, quality, and latency Implement agentic workflows with tool calling, multi-step orchestration, and human-in-the-loop controls Integrate AI solutions with enterpr