Lead AI Engineer Developer Productivity & Copilot Enablement

About This Role

Req ID: 366565

Location: Parsippany, NJ

Company Overview

NTT DATA is a global innovator and trusted provider of business and technology services, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100\. We are committed to building an inclusive, adaptable, and forward thinking organization where passionate individuals can grow and make meaningful impact.

Role Overview

NTT DATA is seeking a Lead AI Engineer to advance developer productivity through Copilot first workflows, Generative AI solutioning, and autonomous agent development. This role is central to our Developer Experience (DX) strategy, enabling modern, AI augmented engineering practices at scale.

You will act as a hands on technical leader and evangelist for GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and related Generative AI platforms—researching, evaluating, and operationalizing emerging AI capabilities that measurably improve how software is built and delivered.

Success in this role is measured by adoption, efficiency gains, and scalable enablement—not experimentation alone.

Key Responsibilities

Copilot \& Developer Productivity Enablement

• Drive adoption and advanced usage of GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Copilot, including Copilot Chat and agent based workflows.
• Identify high impact AI use cases across the SDLC (coding, testing, refactoring, documentation, CI/CD).
• Establish best practices, reusable patterns, and guardrails for AI assisted development.

Generative AI \& Autonomous Agent Development

• Design and implement agentic AI solutions to automate and orchestrate developer workflows.
• Build and evaluate autonomous or semi autonomous agents for code generation, validation, remediation, and workflow automation.
• Prototype and productionize emerging AI capabilities with clear, measurable DX value.

Copilot Studio \& Power Platform

• Build and extend copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio for engineering and operational use cases.
• Leverage Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps) to integrate AI capabilities into existing tools and workflows.
• Enable low code and pro code collaboration through reusable components and templates.

Platform Strategy \& Architecture

• Assess existing developer tooling and AI capabilities to identify gaps, redundancies, and improvement opportunities.
• Define scalable architectures and reusable frameworks for AI powered development.
• Partner with security, platform, and architecture teams to ensure compliant and responsible AI adoption.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as a subject matter expert for Copilot platforms and Generative AI development tools.
• Mentor engineers through guidance, demos, and hands on enablement.
• Contribute to roadmaps for AI driven Developer Experience initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 5\+ years of hands on software engineering experience (Python, Java, C\#, or similar).
• Practical experience building Generative AI solutions in production environments.
• Experience using GitHub Copilot and AI assisted development workflows.
• Strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, and RAG patterns.
• Proven ability to evaluate, pilot, and operationalize emerging technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with autonomous or agentic AI programming.
• Hands on experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform.
• Background in Developer Experience (DX), platform engineering, or productivity tooling.
• Experience working in large scale or regulated enterprise environments.

What Success Looks Like

• Measurable improvements in developer velocity and workflow efficiency.
• Broad adoption of Copilot based development practices across teams.
• Reduced friction throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Scalable, reusable AI patterns deployed enterprise wide.

Why This Role Matters

• Shape how AI transforms software development at enterprise scale.
• Influence modern, Copilot first engineering workflows.
• Enable engineers to focus on higher value problem solving.
• Help define the future of AI driven developer productivity.

Compensation

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable compensation range.

Hourly range: $65 – $83\.13/hour (U.S. locations)

Actual compensation depends on location, experience, skills, and qualifications. This role may also be eligible for incentive compensation.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start\-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3\.6 billion each year in R\&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com

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