Lead AI Agent Developer

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Lead AI Agent Developer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-grade AI agents using Microsoft Azure, Azure OpenAI, and Microsoft Foundry. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in agentic AI, multi-agent orchestration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and secure enterprise AI application development.

The candidate must have a proven track record of leading technical implementations and delivering production-ready AI agent solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI agents using Microsoft Azure, Azure OpenAI, and Microsoft Foundry.
• Build agentic workflows, function calling, tool integration, multi-agent orchestration, and human-in-the-loop processes.
• Develop MCP clients and servers to connect AI agents with enterprise APIs, tools, databases, and business applications.
• Integrate AI agents with REST APIs, enterprise systems, and structured and unstructured data sources.
• Implement secure authentication, authorization, identity management, secrets management, and responsible AI guardrails.
• Develop scalable and maintainable solutions using Python and/or C#.
• Implement vector search and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) using Azure AI Search or equivalent technologies.
• Establish reusable AI components, engineering standards, architecture patterns, and development best practices.
• Implement agent evaluation, monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, and prompt-injection mitigation.
• Provide technical leadership and collaborate with cross-functional engineering and business teams.

Mandatory Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure OpenAI.
• Experience building and deploying LLM-powered AI agents and agentic workflows.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Foundry and agent-development frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C#.
• Hands-on experience with MCP clients/servers, function calling, tool integration, and API orchestration.
• Experience with vector search, embeddings, and Azure AI Search or equivalent.
• Knowledge of identity management, access controls, secrets management, and AI security.
• Experience delivering production-ready enterprise AI solutions.

Preferred Skills

• Microsoft Agent Framework, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Graph, and SharePoint integration.
• Azure Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, and Azure Service Bus.
• LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or comparable agent orchestration frameworks.
• Experience with LLM evaluation, observability, prompt-injection mitigation, and responsible AI.
• Experience establishing reusable enterprise AI architecture and engineering practices.

Experience and Qualifications

• 15+ years of overall professional experience required.
• Strong lead-level experience in software engineering, cloud development, enterprise integration, or AI architecture.
• Relevant AI/ML or Generative AI implementation experience.
• Demonstrated ability to take AI agents from proof of concept to production.
• Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, communication, and technical leadership skills.
• Must be located in a Pacific Time Zone location and able to work PST business hours.

Preferred Certifications

• GH-300 – GitHub Copilot Associate
• AI-102 – Azure AI Engineer Associate
• AI-103 – Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate
• AB-100 – Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect
• SC-401 – Information Security Administrator Associate
• SC-300 – Identity and Access Administrator Associate
• DP-600 – Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate