Front End & AI Developer

Final date to receive applications: 4 November 2026

Department: Corporate Services

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Milton Keynes

Reporting To: Senior IT Manager

A little bit about us:

East West Rail is a nationally significant railway project which aims to deliver much-needed transport connections for the vibrant communities between Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge. Together these communities contribute around £111 billion to the national economy each year.

EWR is being championed by the Government as a key driver to economic growth leading to a potential £78 Billion boost to the UK economy: supporting new towns, housing, and regeneration.

We're looking for a Front End & AI Developer to join our growing Data Centre of Excellence team. This is a hybrid development role requiring strong front-end engineering capability together with demonstrable, hands‑on experience of designing, building and deploying AI agents and AI-enabled applications.

This is an exciting opportunity to build the next generation of digital products, production-ready AI agents and intelligent user experiences that will support one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes. The successful candidate will bring practical AI development experience—not simply experience of using generative AI tools to produce code.

Working alongside our AI Lead, Azure Data Engineer and Power Platform specialists, you'll design and develop modern web applications, dashboards, AI-enabled solutions and intelligent agents that bring together enterprise data, automation and Microsoft technologies.

You will use platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry to create agents that are secure, governed, grounded in trusted data and capable of integrating with business systems. You'll also help colleagues adopt M365 Copilot and purpose‑built agents, driving responsible AI innovation across the business.

• Designing and building modern, responsive web applications and digital interfaces
• Designing, building, testing and deploying AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry and related Microsoft agent technologies
• Developing agent workflows that use enterprise data, APIs, actions, orchestration, retrieval‑augmented generation and appropriate human oversight
• Grounding AI solutions in trusted organisational data, including data and services delivered through Microsoft Fabric and Azure
• Integrating AI agents and AI‑enabled applications securely with business systems, APIs and Microsoft 365 services
• Applying responsible AI, security, access control, testing, monitoring and governance throughout the AI solution lifecycle
• Creating intuitive front‑end experiences through which users can interact effectively with AI agents, insights and automated processes
• Working with enterprise data to deliver dashboards, reporting tools and embedded analytics
• Collaborating with Power Platform specialists to create seamless user experiences across multiple technologies
• Evaluating agent quality and performance, including accuracy, grounding, safety, usability and business outcomes.
• Supporting the controlled adoption of M365 Copilot, gathering user feedback and maintaining technical guidance, documentation and training materials
• Contributing to agile delivery, code reviews, testing and continuous improvement initiatives
• Establishing reusable patterns, components and development standards for scalable AI agent delivery.

Essential:

• Demonstrable hands‑on experience of designing, building, testing and deploying AI agents or AI‑enabled applications in a professional environment
• Practical experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure…