Microsoft

Microsoft

Principal Solution Engineer - Software Development & Platform

United States, Texas, Dallas · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$131k-$252kDetected 10 hours ago
GitAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDDevOpsPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningIntellectual PropertyCustomer SuccessCustomer SupportLeadershipProblem Solving

About the role

  • The 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.
  • As a Solution Engineer, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to software companies throughout their cloud and AI journey.

Responsibilities

  • Build trusted relationships with Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), engineering leaders, architects, and technical decision-makers at Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and software development companies.
  • Lead architectural design sessions and technical workshops focused on application modernization, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, APIs, data platforms, and AI-enabled applications.

Requirements

  • Required/minimum qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field AND 6+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of customer-facing experience working directly with software development organizations, engineering teams, or technical decision-makers.
  • Experience with modern software development practices including APIs, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native architectures, and AI application development.
  • Experience working with ISVs, SaaS providers, or software companies, or AI-first/cloud-native organizations.
  • Experience with Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, GitHub, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and platform engineering practices.
  • Experience supporting commercial software products and customer-facing applications at scale.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Commercial Marketplace and software monetization models.

Nice to have

  • Additional or preferred qualifications.
  • 6+ years of experience in application development, cloud architecture, software engineering, solution engineering, technical consulting, or related fields.

Skills

  • Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Compensation

  • $131k-$252k

Company info

  • This 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.
  • Act as a technical advisor throughout the customer lifecycle, helping customers architect, build, deploy, and operate solutions on Azure.
  • Help customers design and develop cloud-native applications leveraging Azure services, platform capabilities, and AI technologies.
  • Guide customers in adopting Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework best practices to create secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient solutions.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.
  • If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the

Visa & Work Authorization

  • 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
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