{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"f16938a1504004aad7429c7a","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f16938a1504004aad7429c7a","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f16938a1504004aad7429c7a","title":"Principal Solution Engineer - Software Development & Platform","description":"Overview\n\nThe Software Development & Platform (SDP) team works with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), AI/cloud-native companies, and software providers to accelerate growth through Microsoft Azure, AI, and the Microsoft Cloud ecosystem. Our mission is to help software companies build, modernize, deploy, scale, and monetize applications on Azure while enabling them to deliver innovative solutions to their own customers.\nAs a Solution Engineer, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to software companies throughout their cloud and AI journey. You will work directly with engineering leaders, architects, product teams, and technical decision-makers to design cloud-native applications, accelerate AI innovation, modernize architectures, and optimize workloads on Azure. You will help customers build differentiated solutions on Microsoft's platform while enabling go-to-market success through commercial marketplace, Azure consumption growth, and scalable customer support models.\nThis role combines deep technical expertise with business impact, helping customers transform their applications into secure, scalable, AI-powered solutions that create value for both their business and their end customers.\nMicrosoft’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.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nCustomer & Technical Leadership\nBuild trusted relationships with Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), engineering leaders, architects, and technical decision-makers at Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and software development companies.\nAct as a technical advisor throughout the customer lifecycle, helping customers architect, build, deploy, and operate solutions on Azure.\nServe as the Voice of the Customer (VoC) by sharing technical insights, product feedback, and blockers with Microsoft engineering and product teams.\nApplication Development & Modernization\nHelp customers design and develop cloud-native applications leveraging Azure services, platform capabilities, and AI technologies.\nTechnical Solutions\nAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)\nAzure App Service\nAzure Container Apps\nAzure API Management\nAzure Functions\nLead architectural design sessions and technical workshops focused on application modernization, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, APIs, data platforms, and AI-enabled applications.\nGuide customers in adopting Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework best practices to create secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient solutions.\nSupport customers in modernizing legacy applications and transitioning workloads to cloud-native architectures.\nAI & Platform Innovation\nHelp customers build and deploy AI-powered applications using Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI, data platforms, and intelligent application patterns.\nTechnical Solutions\nAzure AI Foundry\nAzure OpenAI Service\nAzure AI Search\nAzure Machine Learning\nGitHub Copilot Enterprise\nDrive conversations around platform engineering, developer productivity, DevOps, GitHub, automation, observability, and AI-powered software development.\nIdentify opportunities where Azure and AI can accelerate customer innovation and create competitive differentiation.\nCustomer Success & Growth\nEnable customers to successfully launch, scale, and support applications running on Azure.\nRemove technical blockers and accelerate projects from design through production deployment.\nHelp customers optimize application performance, reliability, security, and operational excellence.\nContribute to customer success plans and technical roadmaps that drive Azure adoption and business outcomes.\nEcosystem & Marketplace Enablement\nEnable software companies to publish, distribute, and monetize their solutions through the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace.\nHelp customers align technical architecture with marketplace and go-to-market requirements.\nSupport ISVs in delivering successful customer experience and scalable support operations for solutions built on Azure.\nInnovation & Continuous Learning\nMaintain expertise across Azure, AI, application development, cloud-native technologies, and emerging platform capabilities.\nShare technical best practices, reusable intellectual property, and customer success patterns across the team.\nContinuously adapt skills to evolving customer needs and technology trends.\n\nQualifications\n\nRequired/minimum qualifications\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field AND 6+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.\nAdditional or preferred qualifications\n6+ years of experience in application development, cloud architecture, software engineering, solution engineering, technical consulting, or related fields.\n5+ years of customer-facing experience working directly with software development organizations, engineering teams, or technical decision-makers.\nExperience designing, building, or supporting applications on Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).\nExperience with modern software development practices including APIs, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native architectures, and AI application development.\nEffective problem-solving, architectural design, and technical consulting skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both executive and technical audiences.\nExperience working with ISVs, SaaS providers, or software companies, or AI-first/cloud-native organizations.\nExperience with Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, GitHub, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and platform engineering practices.\nExperience supporting commercial software products and customer-facing applications at scale.\nKnowledge of Microsoft Commercial Marketplace and software monetization models.\nAzure certifications and/or software development certifications.\nExperience helping customers bring applications from concept to production deployment.\n\nDigital Solution Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\n\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\n\nMicrosoft 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. 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Our mission is to help software companies build, modernize, deploy, scale, and monetize applications on Azure while enabling them to deliver innovative solutions to their own customers.\nAs a Solution Engineer, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to software companies throughout their cloud and AI journey. You will work directly with engineering leaders, architects, product teams, and technical decision-makers to design cloud-native applications, accelerate AI innovation, modernize architectures, and optimize workloads on Azure. You will help customers build differentiated solutions on Microsoft's platform while enabling go-to-market success through commercial marketplace, Azure consumption growth, and scalable customer support models.\nThis role combines deep technical expertise with business impact, helping customers transform their applications into secure, scalable, AI-powered solutions that create value for both their business and their end customers.\nMicrosoft’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.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nCustomer & Technical Leadership\nBuild trusted relationships with Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), engineering leaders, architects, and technical decision-makers at Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and software development companies.\nAct as a technical advisor throughout the customer lifecycle, helping customers architect, build, deploy, and operate solutions on Azure.\nServe as the Voice of the Customer (VoC) by sharing technical insights, product feedback, and blockers with Microsoft engineering and product teams.\nApplication Development & Modernization\nHelp customers design and develop cloud-native applications leveraging Azure services, platform capabilities, and AI technologies.\nTechnical Solutions\nAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)\nAzure App Service\nAzure Container Apps\nAzure API Management\nAzure Functions\nLead architectural design sessions and technical workshops focused on application modernization, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, APIs, data platforms, and AI-enabled applications.\nGuide customers in adopting Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework best practices to create secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient solutions.\nSupport customers in modernizing legacy applications and transitioning workloads to cloud-native architectures.\nAI & Platform Innovation\nHelp customers build and deploy AI-powered applications using Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI, data platforms, and intelligent application patterns.\nTechnical Solutions\nAzure AI Foundry\nAzure OpenAI Service\nAzure AI Search\nAzure Machine Learning\nGitHub Copilot Enterprise\nDrive conversations around platform engineering, developer productivity, DevOps, GitHub, automation, observability, and AI-powered software development.\nIdentify opportunities where Azure and AI can accelerate customer innovation and create competitive differentiation.\nCustomer Success & Growth\nEnable customers to successfully launch, scale, and support applications running on Azure.\nRemove technical blockers and accelerate projects from design through production deployment.\nHelp customers optimize application performance, reliability, security, and operational excellence.\nContribute to customer success plans and technical roadmaps that drive Azure adoption and business outcomes.\nEcosystem & Marketplace Enablement\nEnable software companies to publish, distribute, and monetize their solutions through the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace.\nHelp customers align technical architecture with marketplace and go-to-market requirements.\nSupport ISVs in delivering successful customer experience and scalable support operations for solutions built on Azure.\nInnovation & Continuous Learning\nMaintain expertise across Azure, AI, application development, cloud-native technologies, and emerging platform capabilities.\nShare technical best practices, reusable intellectual property, and customer success patterns across the team.\nContinuously adapt skills to evolving customer needs and technology trends.\n\nQualifications\n\nRequired/minimum qualifications\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field AND 6+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.\nAdditional or preferred qualifications\n6+ years of experience in application development, cloud architecture, software engineering, solution engineering, technical consulting, or related fields.\n5+ years of customer-facing experience working directly with software development organizations, engineering teams, or technical decision-makers.\nExperience designing, building, or supporting applications on Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).\nExperience with modern software development practices including APIs, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native architectures, and AI application development.\nEffective problem-solving, architectural design, and technical consulting skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both executive and technical audiences.\nExperience working with ISVs, SaaS providers, or software companies, or AI-first/cloud-native organizations.\nExperience with Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, GitHub, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and platform engineering practices.\nExperience supporting commercial software products and customer-facing applications at scale.\nKnowledge of Microsoft Commercial Marketplace and software monetization models.\nAzure certifications and/or software development certifications.\nExperience helping customers bring applications from concept to production deployment.\n\nDigital Solution Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\n\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\n\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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