Senior AI Copilot Engineer

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy custom Copilot agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry.
• Architect and implement AI solutions that integrate enterprise data, applications, and workflows across Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Power Platform.
• Develop custom connectors, grounding data pipelines, and AI orchestration logic to extend Copilot capabilities.
• Leverage Azure OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Search, and Azure AI Services to deliver retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) based agent solutions.
• Build and optimize prompt flows, semantic memory, and contextual grounding for AI agents.
• Build Power Apps, including model-driven and canvas applications.
• Develop automation workflows using Power Automate (Flows) integrated with AI and enterprise data sources.
• Understand and implement agent-to-agent communication frameworks such as A2A and MCP
• Collaborate with business teams to identify use cases and translate them into scalable AI applications.
• Develop proofs of concept (POCs) and AI prototypes that demonstrate business value.
• Ensure compliance with Responsible AI, data security, and governance standards.
• Monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve the performance, accuracy, and usability of Copilot agents and AI solutions.
• Partner with Microsoft platform owners, data engineers, and solution architects to operationalize and scale AI initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, AI/ML, Engineering, or related discipline
• 5–8 years of experience in AI solution development, Microsoft Cloud engineering, or automation platforms.
• Proven experience with:
  • Microsoft Copilot Studio (Power Virtual Agents, conversational design, orchestration).
  • Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI (model deployment, prompt optimization, content grounding).
  • Azure Cognitive Services (Search, Language, Vision, Speech, etc.).
  • Microsoft Graph, SharePoint REST APIs, and Teams integrations.
  • Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, Dataverse).
• Strong understanding of AI architecture patterns, including RAG, prompt chaining, and function calling.
• Understand and implement agent-to-agent communication frameworks such as A2A and MCP
• Experience with Python, C#, React or TypeScript for building integrations and APIs.
• Familiarity with vector databases and semantic search technologies.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders to translate needs into AI-powered Copilot experiences.
• Extensive experience with Power Apps, Power Automate, and custom Power Platform connectors.
• Proficiency in SPFx (SharePoint Framework) development and Microsoft Graph integrations.
• Experience building Copilot extensions, Graph connectors, and custom copilots for enterprise workflows.
• Knowledge of Responsible AI principles, prompt evaluation, and AI governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with MLOps, Azure AI Studio, Azure Dev Ops and model lifecycle management.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

Data Protection

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Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

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