Copilot Lead Developer

Copilot Lead Developer

• £580/day, Inside IR35
• Remote
• 3 months, extension possible
• BPSS clearance

Role Summary

The Copilot Lead Developer is responsible for the end-to-end design, development, testing, deployment and support of Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot and agentic AI solutions. The role leads the technical delivery of AI-driven business solutions, establishes development standards, mentors developers and ensures solutions are secure, scalable, supportable and aligned to enterprise architecture standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of Copilot Studio agents and Microsoft 365 Copilot solutions.
• Define technical architecture, integration patterns and development standards.
• Configure knowledge sources including SharePoint Online, Microsoft Graph and Dataverse where applicable.
• Develop agent orchestration, prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions.
• Build Power Automate workflows and integrations supporting agent actions.
• Conduct code reviews, peer reviews and quality assurance activities.
• Manage DevOps, ALM and deployment pipelines.
• Support non-functional requirements including security, performance, monitoring and resilience.
• Mentor developers and provide technical leadership.

Required Skills

• Copilot Studio
• Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Power Platform
• Power Automate
• Microsoft Graph
• SharePoint Online
• Azure OpenAI and AI concepts
• Prompt Engineering
• Power Platform ALM
• Azure Application Insights and monitoring
• Agile delivery

Experience

• 5+ years software or Power Platform development experience.
• Experience leading technical delivery teams.
• Experience delivering enterprise AI or Copilot solutions.
• Experience integrating Microsoft 365 services and APIs.
• Experience with governance, security and compliance controls.

Key Deliverables

• Production-ready Copilot agents
• Technical design documentation
• Solution deployment packages
• Automated testing and release pipelines
• Operational support documentation
• Knowledge transfer and mentoring

Desired Certifications

Microsoft Power Platform certifications, Microsoft Azure AI certifications, and Microsoft 365 certifications are desirable.