AI Platform Engineer (Sharepoint, OpenAI)

Hays are now looking for an AI Platform Engineer for one of our local clients: £480 p/d Inside IR35 Remote 3 month contract Seeking a Senior AI / SharePoint Engineer to lead the build of an enterprise AI evidence discovery platform using SharePoint, Azure AI services and Model Context Protocol (MCP ). The role involves designing AI-powered search and retrieval capabilities across documents, emails, contracts and risk artefacts, while mentoring a junior engineer. Responsibilities - Develop MCP servers exposing SharePoint and Azure AI Search capabilities to AI agents. - Build SharePoint and Microsoft Graph ingestion pipelines for documents, emails and attachments. - Design and implement RAG and agentic AI workflows using Azure OpenAI. - Deliver hybrid search solutions combining semantic and vector retrieval. - Implement secure, permission-aware access controls using Entra ID and OAuth. - Produce production-ready solutions including testing, CI/CD, logging and documentation. - Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a junior engineer. Essential Skills & Experience - MCP server development and AI agent tooling - Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, RAG and prompt engineering - SharePoint Online and Microsoft Graph API - Hybrid semantic/vector search - Enterprise API development and document processing - Azure (Functions and/or Container Apps) - Entra ID and OAuth/OIDC- CI/CD, testing and production support - Software engineering experience, ideally using Python and/or C#/.NET Desirable Skills - Microsoft 365 Copilot - Microsoft Purview - Enterprise knowledge management - Legal/eDiscovery solutions - Regulated or public-sector environments If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or send a copy of your CV to Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk