AI & Emerging technologies

Lead Agentic AI Engineer

Avanade

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will lead the design, development, and deployment of production-grade generative and agentic AI solutions using Microsoft technologies. You will own architectural decisions, mentor junior engineers, and ensure scalable, secure, and cost-optimised implementations in enterprise environments. You’ll guide cross-functional teams and engage in pre-sales activities to shape solutions that meet client needs. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on delivering impactful AI capabilities at scale.

Responsibilities
  • Own technical solution design and architecture decisions to clarify client requirements
  • Act as technical lead, setting implementation approach, standards, and best practices
  • Design, develop, and deploy Agentic AI and GenAI solutions in enterprise settings
  • Lead end-to-end delivery from discovery to handover
  • Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable
  • Mentor and grow junior team members to achieve high-quality outcomes
  • Collaborate with cross-functional, agile teams
  • Translate business needs into practical AI designs for technical stakeholders
  • Support or lead pre-sales activities including solution shaping, estimations, demos, and proposals
  • Lead implementation to align with architecture and quality standards
Key requirements
  • Hands-on experience building AI solutions and orchestrating agentic workflows
  • Experience taking solutions into production-grade, secure, scalable environments
  • Familiarity with Microsoft technologies and platforms such as Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Agent Framework, and Copilot Studio
  • Ability to drive technical design decisions and guide engineering teams
  • Strong stakeholder management and client-facing communication
  • Proven capacity to lead and mentor junior engineers
  • Experience in agile environments and cross-functional collaboration
  • Capability to contribute to pre-sales activities and technical demos
  • leadership
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • effective communication
  • Azure AI Foundry
  • Microsoft Agent Framework
  • Copilot Studio

Reference: WJ-747_31170714 · Posted 01 Nov 2026

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