Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
The AI Developer is responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and supporting AI-powered solutions that improve business processes, employee experiences, and operational efficiency across Arcadis.
The AI Developer is responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and supporting AI-powered solutions that improve business processes, employee experiences, and operational efficiency across Arcadis.
Working as part of a global technology team, this role will help build and enhance AI agents, copilots, automations, and integrations using technologies such as Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, Model Context Protocol (MCP), custom connectors, Power Platform, and Azure cloud services.
This position is ideal for a developer who is passionate about emerging AI technologies and enjoys combining software development, automation, integration, and problem-solving to deliver practical business solutions.
Role accountabilities:
- Develop, test, and deploy AI-powered applications, copilots, agents, and automation solutions.
- Build solutions using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft Power Platform technologies.
- Develop integrations between AI solutions and enterprise systems through APIs, MCP tools, custom connectors, and other integration technologies.
- Assist in creating reusable components, templates, and development patterns that support scalable solution delivery.
- Support the implementation of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, document ingestion, and knowledge search capabilities.
- Support proof-of-concept and pilot initiatives to evaluate emerging AI technologies and capabilities.
- Participate in Agile delivery processes, including sprint planning, development, testing, and deployment activities.
- Document solutions, integrations, and technical processes to support ongoing operations and future development.
- Follow established security, privacy, and compliance standards in the design and delivery of AI solutions.
- Support implementation of Responsible AI practices, including content safety, transparency, and governance requirements.
- Work with cybersecurity and platform teams to ensure secure access to enterprise data and services.
Qualifications & Experience:
- 2–5 years of experience in software development, automation, application development, or related technical roles.
- Experience developing solutions using at least one modern programming language such as Python, C#, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Experience building integrations using APIs, web services, or cloud platforms.
- Familiarity with Azure cloud services and modern development practices.
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Understanding of AI, machine learning, generative AI, or intelligent automation concepts.
Experience working within Agile development teams.
- Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Power Platform, or similar AI platforms - nice to have
- Experience developing MCP tools, custom connectors, plugins, or API-based integrations - nice to have
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.
Skills Required
- Bachelor degree with relevant experience in AI-focused programming
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or other AI-focused programming languages
- Solid understanding of machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, large-language models, and NLP
- Experience using Azure Foundry for NLP/LLM work
- Experience building, training, validating, optimizing, and productionizing AI/ML models
- Experience integrating AI applications into enterprise platforms and existing systems
- Familiarity with IT service management processes (Incident, Problem, Release, Configuration, Change Management) and 3rd-level support
- Effective communication and stakeholder management across regions; ability to present technical results to non-technical audiences
- Relevant AI certifications
Arcadis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arcadis and has not been reviewed or approved by Arcadis.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is frequently described as good, with strong medical benefits cited in multiple regions. Feedback suggests healthcare is a relative bright spot within the total rewards package.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) and pension offerings are often called out positively, with contributions viewed as solid. Feedback suggests retirement benefits enhance the overall package even when salary sentiment is mixed.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working arrangements, hybrid options, and wellbeing support (such as EAP and benefits platforms) are commonly highlighted. Feedback suggests the flexibility of the package adds meaningful value beyond base pay.
Arcadis Insights
What We Do
Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, digital and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 architects, data analysts, designers, engineers, project planners, water management and sustainability experts, all driven by our passion for improving quality of life. We exist to find solutions to today’s most pressing challenges, from the impact of climate change to increasing urbanization and digital transformation – all with the goal of improving quality of life for people around the world. You can see this in the work we do for our clients, the opportunities we create for our people, and in our efforts to enhance the communities in which we live and work. We bring together world-class resources and the latest innovative technologies to help define the cities and experiences of tomorrow. Arcadis. Improving quality of life
