Software Engineer – Cloud & AI Software, Dev Tools, and AI

About

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 Engineer – Cloud & AI Software, Dev Tools, and 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 along with seamless integration of Azure AI, we’re leading the way in “Agentic DevOps,” where AI agents streamline development and operations. You will help customers adopt these innovations to boost productivity, drive innovation, and become AI‑native. 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.

The role focuses 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.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
• Lead hands‑on engagements—hackathons, code‑with sessions, and architecture workshops—to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s developer tools and cloud platforms.
• Build trusted relationships with developers, platform leads, and AI decision makers to co‑design 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.
• Embody Microsoft’s culture and values.

Qualifications

Required / Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 2+ years technical pre‑sales or technical consulting experience
    or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 1+ year technical pre‑sales or technical consulting experience
    or 3+ years technical pre‑sales or technical consulting experience
    or equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 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 infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
• Experience with cloud‑native development: APIs, containers, microservices, event‑driven design.
• 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) that drive production‑scale outcomes.