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 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. 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. **Responsibilities** + Proactively lead technical sales strategy and customer engagements, driving adoption of Microsoft’s AI-powered developer stack across large and complex organizations. + Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior engineering leaders, influencing technical decisions and accelerating AI integration into development workflows. + Lead and oversee hands-on engagements (hackathons, code-with sessions, architecture workshops) to deliver production-scale solutions. + Resolve complex technical blockers, collaborating with engineering and product teams to drive continuous improvement. + Shape technical strategy through thought leadership, competitive analysis, and community engagement. + Mentor and coach other Solution Engineers, sharing best practices and building technical readiness across the team. + Represent Microsoft at industry events, conferences, and in developer communities as a technical thought leader. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications** + 7+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience **OR** Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience **OR** Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience **OR** equivalent experience. + Extensive experience engaging and influencing enterprise development teams, including senior engineering leaders and technical decision makers. + Advanced proficiency in multiple modern programming languages and frameworks, with deep expertise in developer tools (GitHub, Visual Studio, CI/CD, DevOps, platform engineering). + Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical engagements (e.g., cross-team PoCs, architecture workshops, large-scale migrations) that drive production-scale outcomes. + Proven track record of shaping technical strategy and influencing business outcomes through thought leadership and community engagement. **Preferred Qualifications** + 8+ years of technical pre-sales, consulting, or technology delivery experience. + 6+ years of experience with cloud and hybrid, or on-premises infrastructure, architecture design, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management. + Certification in relevant technologies (e.g., Azure Architect, Cloud Platform, Information Security). + Experience designing and implementing cloud-native solutions (APIs, containers, microservices, event-driven architectures) at scale. + Expertise with AI-assisted tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot), low-code/pro-code platforms, and Azure AI. + Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers, and to build and lead technical communities. + Experience aligning technical solutions with business goals in collaboration with sales, partners, and product teams. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .