Cloud & AI Solution Engineer - Software, Development Tools and AI

Microsoft; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Microsoft is seeking a technical sales professional to enhance engagement with enterprise developers and technical decision makers in London. This role emphasizes hands-on engagements, resolving technical barriers, and promoting Microsoft's developer tools. Ideal candidates will have a strong technical background and the ability to lead impactful projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical consulting with enterprise teams.
• Lead technical engagements like hackathons and PoCs.
• Hands-on expertise with modern programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales through demos and influence solution design.
• Resolve technical blockers, working with engineering teams.
• Represent Microsoft in developer communities and forums.

Skills

Technical pre-sales experience

Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript

Hands-on experience with GitHub

Expertise in CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

GitHub

Visual Studio

DevOps

Job description

Responsibilities (Text Only)

- 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 as well as AI decision makers to 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 GitHub, Visual Studio, AI-assisted dev tools, Foundry SDK, CI/CD, DevOps and cloud-native development (APIs, containers, microservices). - Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums

Qualifications (Text Only)

- Proven technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - ORBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND fewyears of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - ORMaster's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND a couple years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR equivalent experience - Experience engaging enterprise development teams, including developers, architects, and technical decision makers. - Proficiency in modern languages like JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C#, or Java, and frameworks such as .NET, Node.js, or React. - Hands-on expertise with GitHub, Visual Studio Code, CI/CD, DevOps, and platform engineering (e.g., observability, security, performance). - 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.If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a requestvia the Accommodation request form. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.