DE-NCLC-Senior Co-pilot Developer-GDSN02

The opportunity

 

We're seeking a skilled Custom Copilot engineer to join the group of our NCLC Consulting team. You'll be instrumental in designing, developing, and deploying robust, scalable applications leveraging the power of Microsoft Azure and generative AI. This is a great opportunity to be part of a leading firm and play a key role in the growth of our service offerings.

Your key responsibilities

• Produces high-quality solution or infrastructure deliverables in accordance with project timelines and specifications, using sound coding and programming skills
• Performs coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting throughout the development process contributing to moderately complex aspects of a project
• Maintains and enhances systems by fixing complicated errors, raising risks and escalating issues where necessary
• Works with users to capture detailed requirements, translating designs and solution architecture into design specifications
• Monitors and reports on potential risks/opportunities of emerging technologies, and seeks areas for continuous improvement
• Ensures all activities adhere to the relevant processes, procedures, standards and technical design
• Develop and promote best practices for usage, operations and development
• Strong analytical and communication skills with intense drive to learn and adopt.

Skills and attributes:

• Build custom AI Agents through Copilot Studio and/or Azure AI Foundry through plugin architecture, API function calling, logic apps, storage of prompts, conversation history (Azure Cosmos DB), Azure Key Vault, Container Apps, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB.
• Implement intelligent solutions using SDKs like Azure AI Foundry, AutoGen, LangChain and Semantic Kernel.
• Design and customize robust AI solutions leveraging Azure AI Services including Azure AI Document Intelligence, Azure AI Vision, Azure AI Language, Azure AI Translator, and Azure OpenAI Service.
• Design multi-step prompt workflows, leverage RAG patterns to integrate LLMs with enterprise data, design intelligent agents that are task-based and/or role-based by using responsible AI principles.
• Design and implement solutions on Microsoft Azure, including Azure Functions, Azure App Service, logic Apps, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Foundry.
• Fine-tune and optimize AI models by selecting the most appropriate architectures for performance and efficiency.
• Knowledge of cloud computing and Azure infrastructure.
• Craft precise and effective prompts to guide AI models and improve their outputs.
• Monitor and analyse Azure AI costs to ensure efficient resource utilization.
• Develop and integrate custom tools within AI agents to extend their capabilities.
• Demonstrate strong expertise in Azure AI Foundry and prompt engineering for building declarative and multi-modal agents.
• Integrate AI-powered features into full-stack web applications to improve user experience and efficiency.
• Collaborate with data scientists and machine learning engineers to deploy AI models into production.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in .NET Core, Azure, and AI technologies.
• Adhere to best practices for software development, including code reviews, unit testing, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) and MLOps.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Overall 4+ years of experience in Azure, .NET Core, Python and M365 suite of products.
• Min 2 years of experience in developing Generative AI applications using Azure OpenAI.
• Proficiency in languages like C#, Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Azure, including Azure Functions, Azure App Service, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure AI Studio.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI technologies, such as OpenAI and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Proficiency in prompt engineering and fine-tuning AI models and developing applications for RAG applications.
• Experience of front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (React or Angular) for full-stack web application development.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

 

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge Low code technologies like Logic Apps, Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate) is good to have.
• Understanding of cloud-native development principles and microservices architecture.
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of security best practices for cloud applications.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor's or master's degree
• A minimum of 4+ years of experience, preferably background in a professional services firm.
• Strong knowledge with M365 Suite of products
• Excellent communication skills with consulting experience preferred

Ideally, you’ll also have

 

1. Analytical ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks into manageable work products.
2. Can operate independently or with minimum supervision

What working at EY offers

 

At EY, we’re dedicated to helping our clients, from start–ups to Fortune 500 companies — and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

About EY

 

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

EY | Building a better working world 

 
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