Senior Azure AI Platform Engineer | Azure AI Foundry | C# | APIs

Senior Azure AI Platform Engineer | Azure AI Foundry | C# | APIs Birmingham Hybrid (2-3 Days Per Week) | £65,000 - £75,000 + 10% Bonus + Excellent Benefits A leading wealth management and financial services organisation is looking to appoint a Senior Azure AI Platform Engineer to help build and operationalise the next generation of AI-enabled services and platforms across the business. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on designing, building and supporting production-grade AI solutions within Microsoft Azure. You will play a key role in delivering secure, scalable and reusable AI capabilities that can be consumed across digital products, automation platforms, Copilot solutions and wider business services. Key Responsibilities Design and build AI-enabled services using Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI Design, develop and support secure REST APIs using C# and .NET Build and manage Azure Functions and serverless services Develop and support MCP Servers and AI integration services Design event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus Manage APIs through Azure API Management Expose AI capabilities through secure, auditable APIs and reusable services Support Copilot Studio and AI-enabled workflows Monitor and optimise AI and integration services using Azure Monitor and Application Insights Work closely with business stakeholders to translate operational challenges into AI-enabled solutions Essential Experience C# and .NET development Azure API Management (APIM) Azure Functions Azure Service Bus REST API design and development Azure AI Foundry Azure OpenAI Event-driven architecture Azure integration engineering Secure API design Production support and operational ownership Desirable Experience MCP Servers Model Context Protocol Semantic Kernel Prompt Flow Agentic AI AI orchestration frameworks Copilot Studio Power Platform integrations RAG architectures AI governance and observability Technology Stack Azure AI Foundry | Azure OpenAI | C# | .NET | Azure Functions | Azure API Management | Azure Service Bus | Azure Logic Apps | MCP Servers | Semantic Kernel | Copilot Studio | Azure Monitor | Application Insights Package £65,000 - £75,000 salary 10% annual bonus 7% employer pension contribution Private medical insurance Income protection Hybrid working Long-term progression opportunities Modern Azure AI technology stack This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys building AI solutions rather than simply consuming them and wants to play a key role in shaping AI adoption within a highly respected financial services organisation.

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