Role Summary

Avanade India’s Artificial Intelligence practice is looking for a Microsoft Foundry SME to be a deep technical specialist on generative AI and agentic AI projects built on Microsoft Foundry. This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role for someone who wants to own the technical build — designing and implementing AI components, solving complex implementation challenges, and providing specialist guidance to the wider delivery team.

Key Responsibilities
- Design and build components of Microsoft Foundry solutions: model catalog integration, prompt flow/orchestration, agent design, and RAG pipelines (Azure AI Search, vector indexing, grounding data).
- Implement multi-agent orchestration patterns using frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or LangChain/LangGraph.
- Act as the technical specialist/go-to resource on Microsoft Foundry within project teams, resolving complex implementation issues and edge cases.
- Support the Microsoft Foundry Lead/Architect in solution design, technical estimation, and implementation planning.




- Write and review production-quality code; ensure adherence to engineering best practices, testing, and CI/CD standards.
- Apply Responsible AI, content safety, and governance guardrails during build and deployment.
- Support post-go-live stabilization and production issue troubleshooting for deployed AI solutions.
- Guide junior engineers on Microsoft Foundry implementation patterns and best practices, without formal team-lead accountability.
- Contribute to reusable code assets, accelerators, and technical documentation for the AI Engineering job family.
- Stay current with the Microsoft Foundry roadmap and broader generative AI ecosystem, evaluating new capabilities for project use.

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- 6–9 years in AI/ML or software engineering roles, with robust recent hands-on experience building solutions on Microsoft Foundry (or Azure AI Foundry/Azure AI Studio).
- Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Foundry mod

📌 Microsoft Foundry SME (Bengaluru)
🏢 Avanade
📍 Bengaluru