Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – Innovative AI Applications

Microsoft; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 106,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Microsoft as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer to drive transformative AI applications for commercial customers. Leverage cutting-edge technologies in a collaborative environment, engaging directly in innovation with clients and playing a pivotal role in integrating AI solutions into their systems. This position offers substantial career growth and the ability to impact the developer landscape significantly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical pre-sales or consulting experience.
• Expertise in AI & ML models and full-stack app architecture design.
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements like hackathons and PoCs.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales with decision makers through demos and PoCs.
• Lead hands-on engagements like hackathons and architecture workshops.
• Build trusted relationships with developers and platform leads.

Skills

Technical Pre-sales

Cloud-native development

Full-stack app architecture design

AI & ML models

Modernization

APIs

Containerization

Microservices

Python

Java

.NET

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field

Master's Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field

Tools

GitHub

VS Code

Jupyter

PyCharm

Node.js

Job description

Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – Innovative AI Applications

Join us to apply for the Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – Innovative AI Applications role at Microsoft.

Are you deeply passionate about AI and applications, and eager to solve complex challenges in a dynamic environment? We invite you to become a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer in AI Applications for commercial customers at Microsoft. In this role, you'll work on cutting-edge projects leveraging the latest technologies to create meaningful impact. Join a team that values collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

Microsoft is transforming the developer experience for AI applications across the development lifecycle. With AI Foundry and seamless Azure AI integration, we are leading in Agentic AI development, streamlining development and operations. As an AI Apps Solution Engineer, you will assist customers in adopting these innovations to enhance productivity, foster innovation, and become AI-native.

As an AI Applications Solution Engineer (SE), you will help enterprise AI developers unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s AI-powered stack throughout the development lifecycle. You will collaborate with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate AI Foundry, Azure AI, and Responsible AI initiatives through hands-on engagements like Proof of Concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops. This role offers career growth, deepening business acumen, sharpening technical skills, and mastering solution design and deployment. You will guide customers in designing secure, scalable solutions, influence technical decisions, and accelerate AI application deployment. Ultimately, you will help customers modernize their applications and realize the full value of Microsoft’s AI platform, all while enjoying flexible work options.

As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll guide customers in secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate AI applications and agents into their workflows. You will help modernize applications leveraging AI and maximize Microsoft’s platform value.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and organization to achieve more. We foster a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to meet shared goals. Our culture emphasizes respect, integrity, and accountability, creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales with decision makers through demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
• Lead hands-on engagements like hackathons, code sessions, and architecture workshops to promote 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 teams to improve products.
• Maintain expertise in AI Foundry & App architecture (Agentic AI, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI) and cloud-native development (APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java, .NET).
• Stay updated on AI Management & Security (Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, orchestrator, monitoring).
• Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of technical pre-sales or consulting experience.
• OR a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• OR a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Expertise in full-stack app architecture design, modernization, and cloud-native development (APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java, .NET).
• Expertise in AI & ML models (Agentic AI, AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, Responsible AI, fine-tuning, inference).
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements like hackathons and PoCs that deliver production results.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6+ years of technical pre-sales, consulting, or delivery experience.
• Experience with cloud/hybrid/on-prem infrastructure, migrations, and industry standards.
• Proficiency with frameworks and tools such as GitHub, Copilot Studio, VS Code, Jupyter, PyCharm, Node.js, Python, Java, C#, C++.

Compensation: The typical base pay range for IC4 is USD $106,400 - $203,600 annually, with variations based on location. For IC5, the range is USD $130,900 - $251,900 annually, also location-dependent. Additional benefits may apply. Find more info here: Microsoft Careers.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, or other protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are available during the application process.

Additional Details

• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering & IT
• Industry: Software Development