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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Onsite
Full Stack AI Developer
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As an Avanade Full Stack AI Developer , you will partner directly with clients to understand their objectives and solve complex business and technology challenges. You will apply software engineering, AI, Azure and the broader Microsoft and GitHub ecosystem, automation, data, and modern operating practices to create technical solutions that deliver lasting value.
You will stay hands-on throughout, working directly with client teams to design, implement, operationalize, and scale solutions from prototype to production that deliver measurable business outcomes.
What You'll Do
• Understand client objectives and translate them into practical technology solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Design, develop, and deploy solutions using the appropriate combination of software engineering, Azure services, Azure OpenAI and Microsoft Foundry, Copilot and agent frameworks, GitHub, automation tooling, platform engineering, data technologies, and integration patterns.
• Develop reusable assets and implementation patterns that can be applied across teams and engagements.
• Support solution adoption and enable client teams through knowledge sharing and collaborative delivery.
• Partner directly with client stakeholders, engineers, architects, operators, and business leaders to ensure solutions are aligned with organizational goals and operational realities.
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Skills & Experience
• Strong systems thinking, engineering judgment, and ownership.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions, with sound judgment on architecture tradeoffs.
• Hands-on proficiency in a modern programming language such as C#, Java, Python, or TypeScript
• Experience applying software engineering methodologies to develop AI-enabled solutions, including intelligent or agentic applications that integrate with enterprise data and systems, using common AI patterns such as retrieval-augmented generation, prompt and context engineering, tool/function calling, and multi-agent orchestration.
• Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agent-to-agent interoperability patterns, and with evaluating, monitoring, and governing AI solutions in production.
• Ability to rapidly understand business processes, technical environments, and organizational challenges.
• Experience applying modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development with GitHub Copilot, to improve delivery quality and productivity.
• Strong client engagement and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to evaluate technologies and delivery approaches based on business value rather than vendor preference or industry trends
• This role requires 3–6 years of experience as an Azure Cloud Consultant.
Great If You Also Have
• Experience building and deploying production systems on Azure, including APIs, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code (Bicep or Terraform).
• Building with Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft Agent Framework, or Copilot Studio.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric or Azure data services as grounding sources for AI solutions.
Certifications
While certifications can demonstrate proficiency in specific technologies, professional experience in practical project delivery, measurable business outcomes, and end-to-end ownership is what we value for this position. Relevant certifications include the Microsoft Frontier Transformation Engineer badge, or its component exams:
• GH-300 (GitHub Copilot)
• AI-103 (Azure AI Apps & Agents)
• AB-100 (Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect)
Compensation at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Avanade provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted on 11/30/26 and open for at least 10 days.
Avanade offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.
See more information on our benefits here: Benefits and Total Rewards | Avanade United States
California - $103,550 - $155,200
Cleveland - $103,550 - $142,000
Colorado - $103,550 - $142,200
District of Columbia - $103,550 - $155,750
Illinois - $103,550 - $140,050
Maine - $103,550 - $142,000
Maryland - $103,550 - $142,000
Massachusetts - $103,550 - $155,750
Minnesota - $103,550 - $150,050
New York / New Jersey - $103,550 - $166,200
Virginia - $103,550 - $142,200
Washington - $103,550 - $155,750
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