Lead AI Integration Engineer

Lead AI Integration Engineer - Contract

Day Rate: £525-£550 per day
IR35: Outside IR35
Contract Length: 3 Months
Location: London - Light Hybrid Working

We're looking for a Lead AI Integration Engineer to join a large-scale technology programme focused on developing and connecting modern AI and automation solutions.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll take ownership of technical delivery, develop integrations and help establish reliable engineering practices across a complex technology environment.

You'll work with a range of applications and services, ensuring systems communicate securely and effectively while supporting the adoption of AI-driven capabilities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and developing integrations between enterprise applications and services

• Building secure APIs and reusable integration components

• Developing automated workflows and AI-enabled solutions

• Working with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform

• Integrating external systems and services using REST APIs

• Supporting the development of AI agents and MCP-based integrations

• Providing technical direction and reviewing engineering deliverables

• Implementing secure access and authentication across connected systems

• Troubleshooting integration issues and improving existing solutions

• Supporting deployment, monitoring and ongoing platform improvements

• Working closely with technical teams to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions

Essential Experience

We're looking for someone with strong hands-on experience in:

• Copilot Studio

• Power Platform / Power Automate

• API development and systems integration

• MCP (Model Context Protocol)

• Microsoft Entra ID

• OAuth / OIDC

• Enterprise SaaS integrations

• Custom connectors

• Authentication and access management

• Software development and automated testing

• Technical leadership and code reviews

• CI/CD and deployment processes

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud cost management or FinOps

• Working within enterprise security and governance frameworks

• Integration monitoring and operational support

• Experience delivering AI automation solutions at scale

About You

You'll be an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex integration challenges and remains actively involved in technical delivery.

We're looking for someone who can take ownership of solutions, guide other engineers and work confidently across APIs, Microsoft technologies and emerging AI capabilities.

This role would suit a Lead Integration Engineer, Senior AI Engineer or Power Platform Engineer with strong hands-on integration experience.