Overview
Join to apply for the Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – AI Applications role at Microsoft .
Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about AI & applications, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment? As a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer in AI Applications for commercial customers at Microsoft, you’ll work on innovative projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive impact. Microsoft is transforming the developer experience for AI applications across the development lifecycle, with AI Foundry and Azure AI integration, helping customers adopt these innovations to boost productivity and accelerate AI applications development.
You will guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate AI applications and agents into development workflows, helping modernize applications and realize the full value of Microsoft’s AI platform.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We value respect, integrity, accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Responsibilities
- Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and proofs of concept to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
- Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons, code-with sessions, and architecture workshops—to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s developer tools and cloud platforms.
- Build trusted relationships with developers and platform leads, co-designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions.
- Resolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering to share insights and improve products.
- Maintain deep expertise in AI Foundry & app architecture (Agentic AI framework, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI) and app architecture/cloud-native development (APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java or .NET).
- Maintain and grow expertise in AI Management & Security (Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, orchestrator, monitoring).
- Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums.
Qualifications
- 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/IT or related field with other qualifying experience OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science/IT or related field with related experience, or equivalent experience.
- Expert on full stack app architecture design / modernization and cloud-native development (APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java, .NET).
- Expert in AI & ML models (e.g., Agentic AI framework, AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI, fine-tuning/inferencing).
- Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.
Other Requirements
- Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the job duties.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
- 6+ years in technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience (or equivalent).
- 4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid/on-premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, standards, and technology management.
- Proficient with Agentic framework, AI Management & Security (e.g., Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, Responsible AI, orchestrator, monitoring).
- Experience with one or more frameworks/tools/languages (e.g., GitHub, Copilot Studio, VS Code, Jupyter, PyCharm, Node.js, Python, Java, C#, C++, AI-assisted dev tools).
Compensation
The typical base pay range for the role in the U.S. varies by level and location. Details are provided in the posting.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, learn more about requesting accommodations.
#J-18808-Ljbffr