Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – AI

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Are you insatiably curious, passionate about AI & applications, and ready to tackle complex challenges? We invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer in AI Applications for commercial customers ’ll be at the forefront of innovation, working on projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive impact. Join a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

Microsoft is transforming the developer experience for AI applications across the development lifecycle. With AI Foundry and seamless integration with Azure AI, we’re leading in Agenetic AI development, where AI agents streamline development and operations. As an AI Apps Solution Engineer, you’ll help customers adopt these innovations to boost productivity, drive innovation, and become AI-native.

• Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs 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 dev (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.

• 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/IT or related field with 2+ years pre-sales/consulting experience OR Master’s Degree with 1+ year pre-sales/consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
• Expert on full stack App architecture design / modernization and cloud native dev (APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java, .NET).
• Expert in AI & ML models (Agentic AI framework, AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI, etc.).
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements (hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) delivering production-scale outcomes.

• Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the job duties.

• 6+ years 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, and/or technology management.
• Proficient in Agentic framework, AI Management & Security (Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, Responsible AI, orchestrator, monitoring).
• Experience with frameworks and tools such as Git Hub, Copilot Studio, VS Code, Jupyter, PyCharm, Node.js, Python, Java, C#, C++, and AI Assisted Dev Tools.

The typical base pay ranges for this role vary by location. IC3: USD 85,100 – 169,800 per year (US); IC4: USD 106,400 – 203,600 per year (US). Higher ranges apply in the San Francisco Bay Area and NYC metro area.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.