What you will do:

· Plan, design and prototype intelligent agents and bots that can reason and act to solve complex problems.

· Develop autonomous systems powered by Large Language Models, ensuring alignment with the firm’s strategy, standards and policies.

· Integrate agents and bots to the tools, data and services needed to operate efficiently through the use of APIs and other enterprise technologies and platforms.

· Participate in sprint planning, retrospectives and demos and actively manage the backlog of the team.

· Work with fee earners and business teams to design, build, test and deploy solutions that meet their needs whilst following all architectural best practices and procedures.

· Write unit, integration and acceptance tests.

· Work with Power Platform & Automation and Technology Services team members to ensure that solutions are robust and to support ongoing maintenance, troubleshooting and upgrades.

· Work with stakeholders from the AI Platform, Software Engineering, Data Governance and Information Security teams to ensure solutions are performant, compliant and secure.

· Act as the focal point for matters related to agent engineering, providing expert guidance to other teams when required.

· Support service provider reviews to assess performance against service targets, drive innovation and ensure any remediation activities are being delivered.

· Contribute to the management of the Intelligent Automation & Agents team benefits delivery, developing estimates and tracking performance against plans and ROI.

· Identify and pursue opportunities for continuous improvement in the firm’s usage of intelligent agents and bots.

· Engaging and assisting with other forms of intelligent automation as and when the business requires it.

What you will have

· Direct experience in intelligent agent development, specifically using integrations and features of the Microsoft Power Platform, preferably within the legal or professional services sector.

· Expertise in crafting effective prompts to guide LLMs and ensure desired agent behavior.

· Proven experience in orchestrating multiple agents across layers and toolsets.

· Knowledge and understanding of software architecture, patterns, testing and debugging.

· Solid understanding and experience in use of the testing pyramid.

· Experience of modern development methods, agile working practices and work item tracking tools.

· Knowledge of current IT trends and ability to be source of good practice and innovation across the wider engineering community.

· Proven track record of managing projects and changes. Gathering requirements and working with stakeholders.

· At least 5 years background in the IT industry, with 2-3 years experience in developing intelligent agents and bots ideally within the Power Platform ecosystem.

· Proven stakeholder engagement and presentation skills.

· Ability to work cross functionally, building strong relationships with stakeholders.

· Proven business acumen and ability to understand how they add value the function, firm or clients.

· Ability to lead and develop team members.

· Promotes the firm's values at all times and is comfortable working with a wide range of people and departments.