AI Engineer – Forward Deployed, Copilot, Azure AI Foundry

🔥 13 hours ago

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🤖 AI Engineer

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Collectiv

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2021

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Marketing • Healthcare

Collectiv is a leading Microsoft consulting firm specializing in data architecture, analytics, and the integration of AI technologies. They are renowned for their strategic partnerships with organizations to enhance their data initiatives using Microsoft tools such as Azure, Fabric, Power BI, and Copilot. As experts in the Microsoft Data Stack, Collectiv offers a range of services including data strategy, implementation, planning and forecasting, and staff augmentation. Their mission is to streamline data processes and enable effective data-driven decision-making across businesses.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and ship production AI solutions on Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry • Build declarative agents, Copilot connectors, plugins, topics, actions, and autonomous agents • Connect Copilot to SharePoint, Teams, Microsoft Graph, Dataverse, and line-of-business systems • Write and iterate prompts, instructions, and agent configurations based on testing and user feedback • Build custom agents and AI applications in Azure AI Foundry • Select, deploy, and configure models from the Foundry model catalog, explaining cost, quality, and latency trade-offs • Implement agentic workflows with tool calling, multi-step orchestration, and human-in-the-loop controls • Integrate AI solutions with enterprise systems through APIs, Azure Functions, Power Automate, and Logic Apps • Build end-to-end RAG pipelines, including ingestion, chunking, embedding, vector and hybrid search, and grounding • Use Azure AI Search and Azure AI Document Intelligence to index and extract knowledge from Client content • Partner with data engineers to connect AI solutions to Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and other enterprise data platforms • Build evaluation sets and test harnesses measuring answer quality, groundedness, hallucination rate, safety, latency, and cost • Implement logging, monitoring, and tracing for deployed agents and models • Apply security, identity, and governance controls using Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, and Azure AI Content Safety • Use version control, CI/CD, and code review standards for AI solution code and configuration • Gather requirements, run working sessions, demo progress, and manage expectations with Client stakeholders • Translate business problems into scoped AI use cases with clear success metrics • Train Client users and administrators and support adoption after go-live • Contribute reusable patterns, accelerators, and documentation to Collectiv's AI practice

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience • 4+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or Microsoft 365 and Power Platform development • 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying generative AI or LLM-powered solutions in production or Client environments • Hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility and Copilot Studio • Hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry or Azure OpenAI • Experience building RAG solutions with Azure AI Search • Strong Python or C# skills • Experience working in Azure, including storage, compute, identity, and networking • Ability to work independently in a Client-facing consulting role • Preferred: experience with Microsoft Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, or AutoGen • Preferred: experience with Power Platform, Dataverse, and Power Automate • Preferred: experience with Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, or Power BI • Preferred: experience with LLMOps practices, including evaluation frameworks, prompt management, and model monitoring • Preferred: familiarity with security, privacy, and compliance considerations for AI in regulated industries • Preferred: consulting experience across multiple Clients or industries • Preferred: relevant certifications such as Azure AI Engineer Associate, Copilot Studio or Power Platform certifications, or Fabric certifications (DP-600, DP-700)

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment • Quarterly in-person team experiences • Competitive compensation • Professional development opportunities • Top-shelf benefits package • Unlimited time off • 100% covered health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision plans for the employee and family • Competitive 401(k) with a 4% match • Educational assistance • Tech stipend • Discounts on various goods and services