AND Digital

Interim Senior AI Engineer

AND DigitalPosted Sep 11, 2026

Job Description

Who you are

  • Terraform Expertise: 2–4 years writing production-grade, modular Terraform code targeting Azure infrastructure
  • DevOps & Automation: Strong experience building YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, including secrets management (Azure Key Vault) and automated environment provisioning
  • AI Tooling & MCP: Hands-on experience or working knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) architecture, agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, LangChain), and API gateway patterns
  • Containerization: Experience deploying containerized microservices using Azure Container Apps (ACA) or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Cloud Fundamentals: Solid background in Azure networking (VNets, Private Endpoints, DNS), Entra ID access controls, and Docker

Desirable

  • Certifications (Preferred): Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) or Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

What the job involves

  • 12 Month Contract
  • As a Senior AI Engineer you will be responsible for building and maintaining an automated AI Developer Experience (DevX) platform using Terraform on Microsoft Azure
  • This role focuses on automating infrastructure provisioning for AI workloads, integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, and constructing robust pipelines for AI Agent deployment and evaluation
  • IaC & Platform Automation - Author, modularize, and maintain enterprise Terraform scripts to provision Azure AI resources, sandbox environments, and secure landing zones
  • Agent Pipelines & CI/CD - Construct automated CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions) designed for agentic workflows, prompt evaluation, automated testing, and release gating
  • MCP Integration - Design, containerize, and deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and gateways to connect AI agents securely with enterprise databases and APIs
  • Developer Enablement - Create reusable developer templates, local execution environments, and self-service IaC modules to streamline onboarding for AI developers
  • Observability & Telemetry - Implement tracing and metrics collection (Azure Monitor, OpenTelemetry, Log Analytics) across agent executions, tool calls, and pipeline steps

Location

Leeds

About the Company

Company mission

To close the world's digital skills gap.

AND Digital has stepped in to help bridge the gap in digital transformation, with a clear mission to close the world's digital skills shortage. Rather than simply delivering digital solutions, they focus on helping businesses understand how to work digitally, so they can continue to grow and adapt long after a project is finished.

The company is standing out from the crowd by working alongside their clients instead of working for them. Combining their own people with client teams into one collaborative unit, they identify challenges, build digital products, and share skills throughout the process, so clients can take full ownership of their apps, websites, and future digital work.

With cross-functional teams across the UK, the Netherlands, and the US East Coast, the company scales based on demand. Their city-based 'Club' model blends local, personalised service with the strength of a global organisation.

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