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# Solution Engineer Cloud & AI Apps

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $106,400.0 - $203,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Applications Architecture, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Programming Tools, Github, Integrated Development Environments, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Software Deployment, Jupyter, Containerization, Information Technology, Virtual Agents, Microservices
- **Published:** August 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/8ef398b0-c40f-4a90-bda3-f043752faa66

## About the Role

* Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ 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 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience., * 8+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience

 * OR equivalent experience

 * 6+ 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)

## Description

* 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


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