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WINIGENT · 1 week ago

AI Agent Engineer - GitHub CoPilot & Azure AI Foundry

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

WINIGENT is seeking an AI Agent Engineer to accelerate the development and integration of GitHub Copilot agents and extensions. This role focuses on building AI-native developer experiences by combining GitHub Copilot and Azure AI Foundry, requiring strong collaboration and modern AI tooling skills.

Information Technology

Hiring Manager

Nishant Velagapudi

Responsibilities

Design, build, and integrate GitHub Copilot agents (Copilot Extensions) using GitHub Apps and Copilot Chat APIs

Develop and operate LLM-powered agent backends leveraging Azure AI Foundry, including tool orchestration and reasoning workflows

Implement agent tools that integrate with GitHub repositories, developer workflows, CI/CD systems, and Azure services

Design scalable agent architectures using Azure serverless (Azure Functions) or containerized deployments (Azure Container Apps, AKS)

Implement event-driven and webhook-based integration patterns for real-time agent responses

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated agent deployment and versioning

Design for multi-tenant agent deployments that can scale from team-level to organization-wide usage

Implement infrastructure as code (Bicep, Terraform) for reproducible and consistent agent deployments

Partner with product and engineering teams to move agent solutions from experimentation to production deployment

Apply AI-native development practices to accelerate coding, debugging, and system design

Establish evaluation, monitoring, and quality practices for agent reliability and performance

Optimize agent response times, throughput, and cost-per-interaction metrics

Qualification

GitHub Copilot integrationAzure AI FoundryPythonLLM-powered systemsAzure serverlessREST API designCommunication skillsCollaboration skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Experience building and integrating GitHub Copilot agents or Copilot Extensions

Strong understanding of GitHub Apps, authentication, webhooks, and GitHub APIs

Proficiency in Python for building LLM-powered agents, tools, and orchestration layers

Hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry or equivalent Azure AI services

Experience implementing and operating LLM-based or agentic systems in production

Experience deploying applications to Azure using serverless (Functions) or container platforms (Container Apps, AKS)

Understanding of REST API design, event-driven architectures, and microservices patterns

Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams

Company

WINIGENT

Winigent a Data Science company transforming the speed and impact of business decisions.

Founded in 2004

Bellevue, Washington, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.winigent.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Leadership Team

Suresh Velagapudi

Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer

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