Lead Power Platform/Copilot Developer

Must be eligible for Security Clearance

Where the job is based: Hybrid (home-based, working with Kerv Digital office/customer site visits as required) UK HQ, Seven House, 18 High Street, Longbridge, B31 2UQ

As a Lead Power Platform Developer at Kerv Digital, you will lead technical delivery, set standards, mentor developers, and ensure secure, scalable solutions across Power Platform technologies.

Required Skills

• Expert-level experience developing Canvas Apps, Model-Driven Apps and modern Power Apps experiences, including custom pages, reusable components and complex user journeys.
• Deep Dataverse expertise including data modelling, relationships, security roles, environments, and solution design.
• Active SC Clearance or eligibility for Security Clearance.
• Strong experience designing and building enterprise-grade Power Automate cloud flows (error handling, performance, monitoring, best practices).
• Solid background developing or leading Dataverse plug-ins, Custom APIs, and server-side business logic using C#.
• Strong understanding of PCF development using TypeScript/React (performance, accessibility, packaging, deployment).
• Experience designing and delivering Copilot Studio solutions, including topics, actions, knowledge sources, generative answers, Power Automate integration, authentication, Dataverse-backed processes and enterprise governance considerations.
• Experience delivering Power Pages solutions, including security and Dataverse integration.
• Strong understanding of Power Platform ALM and DevSecOps (solutions, pipelines, Git/Azure DevOps, release management).
• Experience integrating Power Platform with external systems using custom connectors, APIs, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, etc.
• Strong understanding of security, governance, and environment strategy across Power Platform.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues across Power Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, PCF, plug-ins, APIs and Azure integrations.
• Experience leading technical delivery, reviewing work, mentoring developers, setting coding and configuration standards, and ensuring solutions are secure, performant, maintainable and supportable.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions, trade-offs, risks and solution designs to customers, architects, developers, testers and delivery leads.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications such as PL-400, PL-600, PL-200, AZ-204 or equivalent hands‑on experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of Power Platform solutions (Canvas Apps, Model-Driven Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, Power Pages, Copilot Studio).
• Own detailed technical designs and guide architectural decisions.
• Build complex components including plug-ins, Custom APIs, PCF controls, integrations and automations.
• Review and assure developer work, setting standards and best practices.
• Lead ALM and DevSecOps implementation (solutions, pipelines, environments, governance).
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex cross‑platform issues.
• Support presales, discovery, PoCs and technical shaping.
• Mentor and coach developers, fostering a high‑quality, inclusive engineering culture.

Additional Desired Skills

• Experience with Azure AI Foundry and related Azure AI services (e.g., model selection, orchestration, or integration patterns).
• Experience developing or contributing to AI agents, conversational or autonomous, inside or outside of Copilot Studio.
• Understanding of responsible AI principles, governance, and security considerations in enterprise environments.

Work Environment & Benefits

We offer a flexible hybrid model, professional development support, and a culture that values collaboration and continuous learning. We are an equal employer committed to fairness and inclusion.

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