Senior Software Engineer

Senior AI‑First Software Engineer

What This Person Will Do

• Develop and evolve Judge Copilot Adoption Studio which is a Microsoft Store published product
• Design and build Copilot Studio agents and Power Automate flows to support internal teams and client solutions
• Deliver high‑quality, billable consulting work across multiple client engagements
• Apply AI‑First development practices throughout the software development lifecycle
• Build and maintain .NET backend services, data integrations, and APIs
• Design and implement enterprise integrations, leveraging proven design patterns
• Implement and maintain modern CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment workflows
• Build and integrate end‑to‑end automated tests using Playwright
• Contribute directly to improving AI SDLC maturity within the Application Development team through hands‑on execution and example
• Seamlessly transition between collaborative teamwork and autonomous delivery

Primary Skills (Required)

AI‑First Software Engineering

• Demonstrated experience working in an AI‑First or AI‑Native development model
• Uses AI as a core, daily component of software development using GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor or equivalent agentic coding tools, including the use of Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Experience applying AI across coding, testing, documentation, and delivery automation.
• Ability to positively influence AI adoption through execution and example by setting patterns others can follow

Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services & RAG Concepts

• Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI - model deployment, prompt engineering, function/tool calling, structured outputs, and cost/latency tuning.
• Experience with Microsoft Cognitive Services (Azure AI Services) - Document Intelligence, AI Search, Speech, Vision, and Language as appropriate.
• Practical experience designing and tuning RAG systems - chunking, embeddings, vector search, hybrid retrieval, reranking, grounding, and evaluation.
• Familiarity with Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, or comparable orchestration frameworks.

Agent Building and Automation

• Hands‑on, real‑world experience building Copilot Studio agents including topics, generative actions, knowledge sources, and connectors.
• Hands‑on experience designing Power Automate cloud flows with custom connectors
• Experience delivering agents and automations that support real business workflows

Backend Engineering (.NET Required)

• Strong backend development experience using .NET that includes C#, ASP.NET Core, Web APIs, minimal APIs, and background services
• Solid experience with SQL, relational databases, and ORMs (Entity Framework Core preferred)
• Ability to design scalable, maintainable backend services

Modern SDLC, CI/CD & DevOps

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Boards, Artifacts and Test Plans)
• Hands‑on experience with Docker and containerized applications
• Strong understanding of automated build, deploy, and test practices, including infrastructure-as-code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform)
• Understanding of observability fundamentals, including logging, metrics, and diagnostics for cloud‑deployed applications (Azure Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Ability to design systems that can be effectively monitored, debugged, and supported in production

Integration Experience

• Proven experience designing and building enterprise integrations across SaaS, on-prem, and cloud systems.
• Experience with enterprise integration platformsand/or custom integration layers (Boomi, MuleSoft, Service Bus)
• Strong understanding of integration patterns and API‑centric architectures (REST, GraphQL, webhooks, async messaging, OAuth/OIDC, and Microsoft Graph).

Cloud Experience

• Hands‑on experience building and running production applications in Azure (preferred) or AWS
• Understanding of cloud identity, secure service‑to‑service communication, and secrets management
• Familiarity with event‑driven and asynchronous processing patterns

Automated Testing

• Experience using Playwright to write automated testing
• Ability to implement end‑to‑end test coverage and integrate it into CI/CD pipelines
• Working knowledge of unit and integration testing in .NET (xUnit, NUnit, Moq, or equivalents).

Secondary Skills (Nice to Have)

• Frontend experience: React or Angular
• Exposure to data engineering or ETL processes
• Experience building Teams apps, Adaptive Cards, or Microsoft 365 extensibility surfaces.
• Exposure to data engineering or ETL processes (Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Fabric, or similar)
• Experience with vector databases (Azure AI Search, Pinecone, Qdrant) and embedding pipelines.
• Certifications in cloud or AI

Consulting & Delivery Mindset

• Strong client‑facing experience working on customer engagements
• Demonstrates analytical skills to scope solutions and estimate project work accurately
• Comfortable working across multiple projects and clients simultaneously
• Proven ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly
• Thrives in environments that require adaptability, ownership, and accountability
• Genuinely excited by the pace of the AI ecosystem maturity and the opportunity to shape how clients adopt it.