AI Platform Engineer (Microsoft Stack)

• Hands-on experience designing, building, and supporting Microsoft Azure solutions within a regulated enterprise environment.
• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment templates in Azure DevOps.
• Scripting expertise in Bash, Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting live production platforms, including monitoring, logging, and operational support.
• Practical knowledge of Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Copilot,Copilot Studio
• Understanding of security, risk management, compliance, data governance, and responsible AI principles.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels.

And in return, you'll get the best from us:

• Hybrid working - 2 days per week in the office
• Annual bonus of up to 12%
• Matched pension contributions up to 10%
• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme
• Colleague Mortgage and Saver products
• 2 days' volunteering per year

We've been helping our members save for their future and buy their own home since 1875. Join us and you'll play a big role in helping us to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

It's a purpose that drives everything we do. And you can play your part too - join our Central Data Office as our AI Platform Engineer.

You'll be responsible for building and maintaining theAI platform; designing, building, testing and supporting secure, scalable and well-governed AI solutions that address business needs and deliver measurable value across the Society. Using Microsoft AI technologies, you'll develop AI solutions from experimentation through to production-ready services, working closely with business, architecture, security, risk and data teams. The role will also contribute to reusable engineering standards and ensure AI solutions are delivered in line with regulatory, compliance, information security, data governance and responsible AI requirements.

You will:

• Design, build, test, and support AI solutions using Microsoft CoPilot, Foundry and Studio.
• Develop AI use cases from proof of concept through to production deployment.
• Build secure, scalable, and supportable solutions within Azure environments.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation processes using Azure DevOps.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, security, risk, and data teams to embed AI capabilities into business processes.
• Support pilot programmes and experimentation activities, helping successful initiatives transition into long-term services.
• Monitor, support, and maintain live AI services to ensure performance, compliance, and reliability.

We'd love to hear from you. But don't wait around - we may close the advert early and we'd hate for you to miss out.

We're devoted to creating a culture and workplace that is representative of the communities we serve. If you'd like to work with us but are unsure if you meet the full criteria for a role, please contact the recruiter so we can find out more about your skills and experience. We're committed to supporting you to be at your best - to discuss any reasonable adjustments we could make, please contact us on careers@leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk.