Digital Cloud & AI Solution Engineer - Innovative AI Applications

Job Description:

As an Innovative AI Application Digital Solution Engineer (DSE), you will 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; Empowering High-Performance Teams to Build End-to-End Intelligent Solutions. You'll collaborate closely with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate AI Foundry, Cloud & AI, and Responsible AI, through hands-on engagements like Proof of Concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops.

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. 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.

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.

* 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 proficiency 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 proficiency in AI Management & Security (Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, orchestrator, monitoring).
* Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums

Candidate Requirements:

Required Qualifications:
* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field AND 2+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience.
* OR equivalent experience.
* 1+ years experience with cloud OR hybrid platform.
* Able to communicate professionally in English in both written and spoken form.
* Able to work in the office when needed.

Preferred Qualifications:
* Certification in relevant (Microsoft or industry) technologies or disciplines (e.g., Microsoft Office 365, Power BI, Azure Architect and Development exams, Cloud Platform Technologies, Information Security, Architecture).

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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