Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – AI Applications

Microsoft; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in cloud technology is seeking an experienced technical consultant to drive sales and adoption of its developer tools. The role involves engaging with clients through hands-on workshops and resolving technical challenges. Candidates should possess strong expertise in app architecture, cloud-native development, and AI models.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in technical consulting or pre-sales.
• Expertise in modern app architecture and cloud-native technologies.
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales with demos and PoCs.
• Lead hands-on engagements to accelerate adoption of tools.
• Build relationships with developers and co-design solutions.

Skills

Technical pre-sales experience

Full stack app architecture design

Cloud native development

Expertise in AI & ML models

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• Proven technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience.
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND a few years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience.
• OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND a couple of years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Expertise in full stack app architecture design / modernization and cloud native development (e.g., APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java, .NET).
• Expertise in AI & ML models (e.g., Agentic AI framework, AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI, fine-tuning/inferencing, etc.).
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

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