Microsoft
Senior Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Data Platform
$106K–$272K
United States · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Nov 2, 2026
- Experience
- Required: 3+ years with a master’s degree; 4+ years with a bachelor’s degree; or 5+ years technical pre-sales or consulting experience, or equivalent experience. Preferred: 6+ years in listed technical roles; 4+ years customer-facing and 4+ years infrastructure-related experience.
- Education
- Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; experience-only alternatives are stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Not eligible for visa sponsorship; candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.
About the job
Advises commercial customers on modernizing cloud database and analytics platforms, using technical sales, hands-on engagements, solution design, and deployment support.
What you'll do
- Drive technical sales with decision makers through demos and proofs of concept, influencing solution design and production deployment.
- Lead hackathons and architecture workshops; co-design secure, scalable architectures with customer platform leads.
- Resolve technical blockers with engineering and maintain expertise in Microsoft’s cloud database and analytics portfolio.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field plus 3+ years of technical pre-sales or consulting experience; or bachelor’s degree in a related field plus 4+ years; or 5+ years; or equivalent experience.
- Authorization to work in the United States without requiring employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Nice to have
- 6+ years in technical pre-sales, consulting, technology solutions, practice development, or architecture, or equivalent experience; 4+ years customer-facing experience.
- Experience with cloud, hybrid, or on-premises infrastructure and migrations; knowledge of analytics, programming languages, and cloud certifications.
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
Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Azure Databricks, Purview Data Governance, SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Python
AI focus
Supports the Fabric Data Platform and related database and analytics solutions in the era of AI, including Copilot; helps customers design and deploy these platforms.
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