Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – AI Applications

Microsoft; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Johannesburg seeks a Technical Sales Engineer to drive technical sales and foster adoption of their developer tools and cloud platforms. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in technical pre-sales and app architecture, with expertise in AI and cloud technologies. This position requires strong leadership and communication skills, along with a passion for technology and innovation.

Benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical pre-sales or consulting experience.
• Expert in app architecture design and cloud native development.
• Proficient with AI & ML models and technical engagements.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales and influence solution design.
• Lead hands-on engagements like hackathons and workshops.
• Build trusted relationships with developers and stakeholders.

Skills

Technical pre-sales

Full stack App architecture design

Cloud native development

AI & ML models expertise

Leadership in technical engagements

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Master's Degree in relevant field

Tools

Python

Java

GitHub

Node.js

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, 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 (Text Only)

Required Qualifications - 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ year(s) technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR equivalent experience - Expert on full stack App architecture design / modernization and cloud native dev (e.g., APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java, .NET) - Expert for 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. Preffred Qualifications - 6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience - OR equivalent experience - 4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management - Proficient on Agentic framework, AI Management & Security (e.g., Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, Responsible AI, orchestrator, monitoring) - Skilled with 1 or more frameworks, tools, languages (e.g., GitHub, Copilot Studio, VS Code, Jupyter, PyCharm, Node.js, Python, Java, C#, C++, AI Assisted Dev Tools) 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.