Job Description:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the world, and the best is yet to come! At Microsoft AI, we are at the forefront of enhancing AI capabilities and making them accessible to everyone. In this exciting project within the AI and Search team, you will evangelize a platform to provide Large Language Models (LLMs) with up-to-date information from the web to reduce hallucinations, allow answering questions beyond the training data and increase users confidence by returning links that confirm the model’s answer. Our team of engineers is dedicated to working on the latest technological trends in Grounding AI, Agents, responsible AI, security, and privacy. We strive to take the best ideas and turn them into innovative business strategies and products. We are looking for a senior technical leader to help partners successfully integrate with the APIs powering the agentic web. As a Principal Solutions Engineer you will sit at the intersection of engineering, product, and partner success, helping external teams understand our platform and onboard effectively. You will work directly with partner engineering teams to clarify technical requirements, shape integration approaches, and develop solutions that make the best use of our APIs, schemas, and platform capabilities. This role is highly technical and customer-facing, with a solid emphasis on solution design, technical enablement, and strategic partnership. The ideal candidate combines deep experience with APIs, platforms, and system integrations with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders. You are comfortable engaging with senior partner engineers, identifying technical roadblocks, and translating complex requirements into actionable solutions in collaboration with internal engineering teams. You are proactive, data-driven, and effective in ambiguous environments, with solid ownership, sound judgment, and a bias for solving problems. You bring professionalism, adaptability, and integrity, and you know how to build trust while handling sensitive information with care. 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. Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.
Nice to have:
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
