Job Description

Are you curious, passionate about AI and cloud technologies, and excited by the opportunity to solve complex challenges in a fast-paced environment? If so, we invite you to join Microsoft as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer.

We are hiring a AI Applications Solution Engineer for our Enterprise Commercial are in Brisbane. In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of projects that harness the latest technologies to help customers modernize applications, adopt AI at scale, and transform their businesses.

As a Solution Engineer, you’ll work side-by-side with customers and partners to design and deploy secure, scalable, AI-powered solutions. You’ll engage in hands-on activities such as proof of concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops, while providing trusted technical guidance on the use of Azure AI, Microsoft Foundry, Responsible AI, and Microsoft’s cloud platform.

This is a unique opportunity to accelerate your career, deepen your technical expertise, and shape the future of AI applications. Join a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning, while making a meaningful impact with customers across Australia

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales conversations with business and technical decision makers, using demos and proof-of-concepts to shape solution design and accelerate production deployments.
• Lead hands-on engagements such as hackathons, code-with sessions, and architecture workshops to fast-track adoption of Microsoft developer tools and cloud platforms.
• Build trusted relationships with developers and platform leaders, co-designing secure, scalable, and innovative architectures.
• Resolve technical blockers and objections, working closely with engineering teams to provide feedback and influence product improvements.
• Develop and maintain expertise in AI Foundry and AI application architecture, including Agentic AI frameworks, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, and Responsible AI.
• Grow skills in cloud-native development, including APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven systems, and programming in Python, Java, or .NET.
• Expand knowledge in AI management and security, including GenAI Ops, Sentinel, orchestration, and monitoring.
• Represent Microsoft as a thought leader in developer communities and customer forums.

Qualifications

• 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience AND Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Additional
• or preferred qualifications 4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid
• or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management Certification in relevant technologies or disciplines (Azure Architect and Development exams, Cloud Platform Technologies, Architecture).

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.