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Title: Lead AI Agent Developer – Azure OpenAI / Microsoft Foundry / MCP
Location: Remote – PST Time Zone Candidates Only
Experience: 15+ Years Required
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
Thanks
Esther
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