The Role
Lead enterprise AI and application modernization engagements: run discovery workshops, design architectures, build proofs-of-concept, drive production deployments, and promote adoption of Azure AI, Copilot, AI Agents, Power Platform and related technologies while advising executive stakeholders and ensuring secure, scalable, responsible AI implementations.
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Overview
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
As an AI & Apps Solution Engineer , you will serve as a trusted strategic advisor to enterprise customers, helping them navigate one of the most significant technology shifts of our time. This role extends beyond traditional solution engineering, requiring a leader who can engage executive stakeholders, shape AI transformation strategies, and drive adoption of Microsoft’s Azure AI and Application Platform portfolio to deliver measurable business outcomes.
You will lead high-impact customer engagements, guiding organizations from early AI vision and innovation through architecture design, proof-of-concept validation, production deployment, and scaled adoption. Working across Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, AI Agents, Power Platform, Azure Machine Learning, and modern application development platforms, you will help customers modernize applications, unlock new business models, and accelerate digital transformation.
As a technical leader, you will influence technology strategy with Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Digital Transformation leaders, Enterprise Architects, and top-tier business stakeholders. You will be expected to drive strategic initiatives, lead complex technical discussions, facilitate executive workshops, and position Microsoft as the trusted partner for AI-powered innovation.
Success in this role requires a unique combination of technical depth, executive presence, customer influence, and business acumen. You will act as a catalyst for transformation, helping customers adopt Generative AI, Agentic AI, Machine Learning, and guide them through application modernization while ensuring responsible, secure, and scalable implementation. In addition, you will contribute to Microsoft's technical community through mentoring and thought leadership that elevate both customers and internal team capability.
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, 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical discovery workshops, architecture reviews, solution envisioning sessions, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept engagements to define AI and application modernization strategies.
- Design innovative solutions leveraging Azure AI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, AI Agents, Power Platform, and modern application development platforms to solve complex business challenges.
- Help customers modernize applications, adopt cloud-native architectures, and improve agility, scalability, productivity, and business outcomes.
- Influence technical and business decision-makers by articulating solution value, technical strategy, architecture recommendations, and long-term transformation roadmaps.
- Accelerate customer adoption by addressing technical blockers, implementation challenges, architectural considerations, governance requirements, and deployment readiness.
- Drive complex technical wins through architecture design sessions, technical validation activities, solution demonstrations, and alignment of Microsoft technologies with customer objectives.
- Collaborate with sales, customer success, product engineering, partners, and industry specialists to achieve customer business outcomes and successful solution deployment.
- Contribute technical thought leadership through reusable assets, customer presentations, industry events, workshops, and peer coaching.
- Stay current on emerging AI technologies, modern application development trends, cloud innovation, and industry insights to maximize customer innovation opportunities.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor helping customers turn AI investments into measurable business value while accelerating adoption of Microsoft AI and application platform capabilities.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR 7+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
- 6+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
This role requires proficiency in written, reading, and conversational Brazilian Portuguese and English.
Preferred Qualifications
- This role requires proficiency in written, reading, and conversational Spanish.
Extensive experience designing, architecting and implementing enterprise-scale complex Artificial Intelligence solutions using Microsoft Azure, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI Search, Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Vision, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Azure AI Speech, Azure AI Language, and related Microsoft AI technologies. - Deep Hands-On demostrated expertise building POCs/MVPs for Agentic AI solutions, including AI Agents, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), MCPs, orchestration frameworks, multi-agent architectures, prompt engineering, knowledge grounding, conversational AI, and intelligent automation solutions.
- Extensive experience developing, architecting, deploying, and operating AI-powered applications in production environments with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, observability, governance, security, and responsible AI practices.
- Extensive expertise with Machine Learning, Generative AI, Predictive Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Document Intelligence, and Automation solutions.
- Knowledge of cloud-native application development, modern software engineering practices, DevOps, platform engineering, containers, Kubernetes, APIs, microservices, and enterprise application architecture.
- Extensive experience leading enterprise Data & AI transformation initiatives, application modernization programs, cloud transformation projects, and digital transformation consulting engagements.
- The following Microsoft certifications are highly preferred:
- AI-103 Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate
- AI-200 Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate
- AI-300 Operationalizing Machine Learning and Generative AI Solutions
- GitHub Copilot
- DP-800 SQL AI Developer Associate
- DP-420 Azure Cosmos DB Developer
- SC-200 Security Operations Analyst Associate
- SC-500 Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Skills Required
- Master's in Computer Science, IT, or related AND 4+ years technical pre-sales/consulting OR Bachelor's AND 6+ years technical pre-sales/consulting OR 7+ years technical pre-sales/consulting OR equivalent experience
- 6+ years experience with cloud, hybrid, or on-premises infrastructures, architecture design, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management
- Proficiency in written, reading, and conversational Brazilian Portuguese and English
- Proficiency in written, reading, and conversational Spanish
- Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale AI solutions using Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Copilot, Power Platform, Azure ML, and related Microsoft AI technologies
- Hands-on expertise building POCs/MVPs for Agentic AI solutions (AI Agents, LLMs, RAG, orchestration, multi-agent architectures, prompt engineering, knowledge grounding)
- Experience developing, deploying, and operating AI-powered applications in production with focus on scalability, reliability, observability, governance, security, and responsible AI
- Knowledge of cloud-native application development, DevOps, platform engineering, containers, Kubernetes, APIs, microservices
- Experience leading enterprise Data & AI transformation, application modernization, and cloud transformation initiatives
- Microsoft certifications (examples preferred): AI-103, AI-200, AI-300, GitHub Copilot, DP-800, DP-420, SC-200, SC-500
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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