The Role
Technical pre-sales role that builds prototypes, PoCs, hackathons, and architecture workshops to help enterprise developers adopt GitHub, Visual Studio, and Azure AI. Advises on secure, scalable cloud-native architectures, resolves technical blockers, and drives production deployments through hands-on engagements and developer enablement.
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Overview
Responsibilities
Qualifications
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.
Responsibilities
- 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
Qualifications
Required Qualifications (RQs)
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications (PQs)
- 6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience
- OR equivalent 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.
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
- 5+ years developer, technical pre-sales, or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's + 4+ years OR Master's + 3+ years OR equivalent experience
- Experience engaging enterprise development teams, including developers, architects, and technical decision makers
- Proficiency in modern languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C#, or Java
- Experience with frameworks and libraries such as .NET, Node.js, or React
- Hands-on expertise with GitHub, Visual Studio Code, CI/CD, DevOps, and platform engineering (observability, security, performance)
- Proven ability to lead technical engagements (hackathons, PoCs, MVPs, prototyping) that drive production outcomes
- 6+ years technical pre-sales, consulting, or technology delivery or equivalent experience
- Experience with cloud and hybrid or on-prem infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, and technology management (4+ years)
- 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
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Microsoft and has not been reviewed or approved by Microsoft.
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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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