Cloud & AI Solution Engineer - AI Apps

Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about the realm of AI & applications, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer in AI Applications for enterprise 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 AI applications across the development lifecycle. With AI Foundry and seamless integration with Azure AI, we're leading the way in Agentic AI development where AI agents streamline development and operations. As an AI Apps Solution Engineer, you'll help customers adopt these innovations to boost productivity, drive innovation, and become AI-native., * 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

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent work experience., * Experience in technical pre-sales, consulting, and customer-facing architecture engagements

• Proven ability to influence both technical and business decision-makers
• Strong track record leading complex customer architecture and technical pre-sales engagements
• Trusted technical advisor across Modern Database, AI Applications, and Data Platforms

Core Technical Expertise across:

• AI Application Architecture
• Full-Stack & Cloud-Native Development
• Databases & Data Architecture

Hands-On Delivery & Customer Impact:

Hands-on delivery of Proof of Concepts, Minimum Viable Products, and rapid prototypes, with direct contribution in architecture design sessions, hackathons, and customer validations-consistently converting concepts into scalable, production-ready solutions., Education: Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent work experience.

AI & Agentic Systems: Expertise in AI and ML models and systems, including:

• Agentic AI frameworks
• AI Foundry
• Semantic Kernel
• Foundry SDKs
• Strong grounding in Responsible AI, governance, and production readiness

Industry Experience

• Experience working across industries such as:
• Retail
• Financial Services

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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