Microsoft
Senior Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Applications
$106K–$272K
United States · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum alternatives: 3+ years with a relevant master’s degree; 4+ years with a relevant bachelor’s degree; or 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; or equivalent experience. Preferred: 8+ years in technical pre-sales, technical consulting, technology delivery, or related experience; 6+ years in specified infrastructure and architecture areas.
- Education
- Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; equivalent experience is also accepted.
- Visa sponsorship
- Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties.
About the job
Advises commercial customers on Microsoft cloud and AI application solutions, leading technical engagements that help customers design, adopt, and deploy secure, scalable AI applications and agents.
What you'll do
- Drive technical sales through demos and PoCs, influencing solution design and production deployments.
- Lead hackathons, code-with sessions, and architecture workshops to accelerate adoption of developer tools and cloud platforms.
- Co-design secure, scalable architectures with customers, resolve technical blockers, and share product feedback with engineering.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; OR bachelor’s degree in those fields and 4+ years; OR 5+ years of such experience; OR equivalent experience.
- Expertise in AI Foundry and application architecture, including Agentic AI framework, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, and Responsible AI.
- Expertise in application architecture and cloud-native development, including APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven systems, and Python, Java, or .NET.
Nice to have
- 8+ years of technical pre-sales, technical consulting, technology delivery, or related experience, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of experience with cloud, hybrid, or on-premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
Pay
USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year (base salary); USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year (base salary); USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year (base salary); USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year (base salary)
Tools
AI Foundry, Azure AI, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI, Sentinel, Python, Java
AI focus
Helps customers adopt and deploy AI applications and agents, including Agentic AI, AI Foundry, Azure AI, Responsible AI, and AI management and security.
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