Overview Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about the realm of Cloud & AI and Applications, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Applications for commercial customers at Microsoft. Here, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, working on cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning. Microsoft is transforming the developer experience for Cloud & AI Applications across the development lifecycle. With AI Foundry and seamless integration with Azure AI, we’re leading the way in Agenetic AI development, where AI agents streamline development and operations. As a Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Applications, you’ll help customers adopt these innovations to boost productivity, drive innovation, and become AI-native. You will also play a pivotal role in helping enterprise AI developers unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s AI-powered stack across every stage of the development lifecycle. As a Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Applications, you'll collaborate closely with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate AI Foundry, Azure AI, and Responsible AI through hands-on engagements like Proof of Concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops. You’ll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate AI applications development into their deployment workflows. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their applications and realize the full value of Microsoft’s AI platform, all while enjoying flexible work opportunities. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, hone your technical skills, and become adept at solution design and deployment. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. By applying to this role, you will be considered for multiple opportunities within Microsoft across the United States including locations beyond where the role is posted. This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home. Travel percentages will vary according to role. 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 Other: • Embody our culture and values Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience • OR 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience • OR equivalent experience Other Requirements: • Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties. Additional or Preferred 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) • Understanding of full stack App architecture design / modernization and cloud native dev (e.g., APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java, .NET) • Familiarity of 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. Solution Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $86,100 - $169,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $113,300 - $187,400 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay Solution Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.