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Lead Power Platform/Copilot Studio Developer
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Lead Power Platform/Copilot Studio Developer
Location: Hybrid (home-based) – UK HQ, Seven House, 18 High Street, Longbridge, B31 2UQ (Customer site visits and office-based work as required)
Salary & Benefits:
- Competitive and experience-dependent compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package
About Kerv Digital
Dive into a world where technology transforms challenges into seamless digital experiences. We’re more than a tech company – we’re problem solvers.
By combining Power Platform, DevSecOps, data-driven experiences, and software engineering, we architect transformative business solutions delivering extreme value.
Part of the £112m revenue Kerv Group, we collaborate with 800+ industry leaders across 700+ professionals globally. Multiple "Great Place to Work" certifications (UK & India) highlight our exceptional work culture fostering collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth.
Our headquarters in Birmingham, with global operations spanning London to Bangalore, offer a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment led by industry-leading architects.
About the Role
As Lead Power Platform Developer, you’ll execute technical leadership across Microsoft Power Platform, Dataverse, Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (Dynamics 365 CE), and Copilot Studio. You’ll achieve:
- Own the technical quality of delivery, guiding developers while making pragmatic design decisions.
- Hands-on leadership balancing development with aligning solutions for secure, scalable, and maintainable outcomes.
- Collaborate closely with Solution Architects to deliver enterprise-grade solutions in secure environments.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll likely be responsible for:
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Technical leadership in Power Platform solutions:
- Lead the delivery of solutions for Canvas Apps, Model-Driven Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, PCF, plug-ins, and Azure integrations.
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Technical design & decision-making:
- Own the detailed design of solution components to ensure security, scalability, maintainability.
- Evaluate when to use Power Platform configurations, low-code, customisation (PCF/plugins/Custom APIs/Power Pages/Copilot Studio/Azure services) or pro-code.
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Development & mentorship:
- Undertake hands-on development for flow integrations, plug-ins, PCF controls, and Copilot Studio solutions.
- Review and uphold the work of developers, admins, and testers (covering design, code, ALM, security, performance).
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Team & quality leadership:
- Set and maintain technical standards (design patterns, coding conventions, quality gates).
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across the Power Platform suite.
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Collaboration & execution:
- Coach developers through challenges while delivering on business priorities.
- Support estimation, planning, and prioritisation.
- Align on non-functional requirements (security, performance, accessibility).
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Copilot Studio & AI advancements:
- Proactively incorporate emerging AI patterns.
- Lead integration of AI/ML models through Azure AI Foundry/response orchestration/Fine-tunning.
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Knowledge governance:
- Develop technical documentation, including designs, deployment notes, and support guides.
- Share best practices through internal training, mentorship, and adaptive learning.
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Process excellence:
- Drive enhanced ALM and DevSecOps across solutions.
- Champion workload balance, diversity, and employee wellbeing.
Requirements
Required:
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Expert-level experience designing and building:
- Canvas/Model-Driven Power Apps (custom pages, reusable components, complex user journeys).
- Dataverse: Data modelling, relationships, security roles, environments, and solution design.
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Must have or be eligible for Security Clearance.
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Strong background in enterprise-grade Power Automate:
- Cloud flows with best practices for error handling, performance, and monitoring.
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Proficient in server-side business logic using C#:
- Dataverse plug-ins, Custom APIs.
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PCF (Power Apps Component Framework) expertise:
- TypeScript/React, emphasizing performance, accessibility, and lifecycle management.
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Copilot Studio maturity, including:
- Topics, actions, generative AI (RAG), Power Automate integration, security, and governance.
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Experience with Power Pages, dataverse integrations, and security modelling.
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ALM & DevSecOps experience:
- Solution governance, Git/Azure DevOps pipelines, release management.
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Integration competence:
- Custom connectors, external APIs, Azure Functions, Logic Apps/Logic Mesh.
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Security, governance, and environment strategy expertise across Power Platform.
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Hands-on troubleshooting experience with:
- Issues in Power Apps, Dataverse, integrations (plug, Power Pages, AI services).
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Leadership & mentoring capability:
- Setting standards for quality, unbiased decision-making, cross-team synergy.
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- Microsoft certifications (preferred):
- PL-400, PL-600, PL-200, AZ-204, or equivalent hands-on experience.
Desirable Skills
Experience with:
- Azure AI Foundry (model orchestration, fine-tuning integrations).
- AI agent development (autonomous/conversational, in/outside Copilot Studio).
- Responsible AI principles, governance, and security considerations.
Core Personal Values
We expect leaders who embody:
- Autonomy with collaborative support.
- Unshaken precision and attention to detail.
- Tenacity with adaptability to change.
- Critical thinking and comfort calling out concerns.
- Reliability, accountability, and proactive risk mitigation.
- Humility and a growth mindset.
- Empathy and visibility—offering approaches that solve undesirable situations and prescribing preventative policies.
- Active culture-building: Balancing standards & workload, fostering inclusion through coaching, mentoring, and human-centric practices.
Benefits Package
We’re an honest employer prioritising your work experience.
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Flexibility: Support working practices that suit you.
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Culture: Easy-going, talent-driven, passionate about building tech that matters.
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Variety: Work for household names, shaping digital solutions for not-for-profits, public entities, and high-profile private businesses.
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Perks: A comprehensive benefits package including:
- Choose your own technology for your workspace.
- Private healthcare.
- In-house competency training (specialised ‘take-away’ skills not found elsewhere).
- Staff food cupboards and lunches.
- Room to grow, both personally and professionally.
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Certified Culture: Ranked as a "Great Place to Work" in the UK and India.
- A collaborative ecosystem nurturing innovation, mutual respect, and scientific growth.
Why Join Us?
We’re here to build the future. Meet our people --> [Check our Glassdoor](link placeholder) for unbiased reviews.
Kerv Values:
- Think Customer First
- Team is everything
- Spread good vibes through every action
- Build the future with relentless vision
- Do the right thing with ethics at the core
Want to be a part of an inclusive, valued, ambitious team? Build exceptional digital experiences with us — your input and growth matter.
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