Senior Consultant - Azure AI Engineer

Microsoft Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) is a global organization hosting over 6,000 strategic sellers, industry and security experts, elite engineers, world-class data scientists and architects, consultants, and delivery specialists. Together with our partners, we help Microsoft’s most strategic customers worldwide to address their specific challenges and provide comprehensive and industry-specific solutions that meet their unique needs. ISD is at the forefront of innovation, driving value across the entirety of the customers’ digital and AI transformation journey through repeatable and customized cutting-edge solutions through strategic engagements with customers across the globe powered by Microsoft Cloud and AI.

• Design and deploy AI/LLM-based applications using Azure OpenAI, AI Search, Cognitive Services, Azure AI Foundry.
• Implement prompt engineering, RAG, grounding, orchestration patterns.
• Build scalable APIs, agents, copilots integrating AI models.
• Architect secure, resilient AI solutions on Azure.
• Drive customer engagements, PoCs, MVPs, and production rollouts.
• Collaborate across Apps, Infra, Data, and Architecture teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5–6 years software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Cognitive Services.
• Strong Python and C# development background.
• Experience building cloud-native applications on Azure.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and security.

Technical Expertise – Must Have

• Azure OpenAI, GPT-based solutions, model tuning.
• Azure AI Search, vector stores, embeddings.
• Azure AI Foundry, evaluation flows, safety filters.
• Semantic Kernel, LangChain, LangGraph.
• Python & C# backend engineering.
• Prompt engineering, grounding, RAG pipelines.

Preferred Skills

• Copilot Studio experience.
• Vector DBs, MLOps, MLflow.
• Docker/Kubernetes.
• Industry experience (Banking, Retail, Healthcare).

Culture

We believe in a growth mindset, customer obsession, and engineering excellence. At Microsoft ISD, you will work with world-class engineers, contribute to cutting-edge AI solutions, and shape the future of innovation for global customers.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.