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Are you passionate about application development and excited by the opportunity to shape the future of software engineering with AI? Join Microsoft as a Software Solution Engineer – Cloud & AI, where you'll help enterprise developers solve complex challenges and build the next generation of intelligent applications. Microsoft is transforming the developer experience by embedding AI across the software development lifecycle. With GitHub and Visual Studio—trusted by over 100 million developers globally—at the core, and seamless integration with Azure AI, we're leading the way in “Agentic DevOps,” where AI agents streamline development and operations. As a Software Solution Engineer, you'll help customers adopt these innovations to boost productivity, drive innovation, and become AI-native. The Software Solution Engineer (SE) is a technical sales role focused on helping enterprise developers understand the value of Microsoft's AI-powered developer stack across every stage of the software development lifecycle. You'll work directly with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate GitHub, Visual Studio, and Azure AI Foundry through hands-on engagements like Prototyping, Proof of Concepts, hackathons, code-with sessions and architecture workshops. As a trusted technical advisor, you'll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate AI integration into their development workflows. Whether enabling DevSecOps at a global bank or scaling GitHub Copilot across thousands of engineers, you'll help customers modernize their SDLC and realize the full value of Microsoft's developer platform.
Job Responsibility
Help customers validate the technical assumptions by developing working codes and prototyping MVPs
Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments
Lead hands-on engagements— Prototyping, 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 as well as AI decision makers to 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 GitHub, Visual Studio, AI-assisted dev tools, Foundry SDK, CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud-native development (APIs, containers, microservices)
Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums
Requirements
5+ years developers, 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
Experience engaging enterprise development teams, including developers, architects, and technical decision makers
Proficiency in modern languages like JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C#, or Java, and frameworks such as .NET, Node.js, or React
Hands-on expertise with GitHub, Visual Studio Code, CI/CD, DevOps, and platform engineering (e.g., observability, security, performance)
Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs, Prototyping) that drive production-scale outcomes
Nice to have
6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience
4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management
Experience with cloud-native development: APIs, containers, microservices, event-driven design
Familiarity with AI-assisted tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot), low-code/pro-code platforms, and Azure AI
Ability to shape technical strategy through thought leadership and community engagement
Experience aligning technical solutions with business goals in collaboration with sales and partners