Microsoft

Software Solution Engineer

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1 day ago
Mountain View, CA, USA +2 moreStaff+

Base Salary

$106k - $223k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Drive technical sales with decision makers through demos and proof-of-concepts to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
  • Lead hackathons, code-with sessions, architecture workshops, and other hands-on customer engagements.
  • Build relationships with developers, platform leads, and AI decision makers to co-design secure and scalable architectures.
  • Resolve technical blockers and objections while collaborating with engineering teams to share customer insights.
  • Maintain expertise in GitHub, Visual Studio, AI-assisted developer tools, Foundry SDK, cloud-native development, and developer operations.
  • Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field plus 3+ years of technical pre-sales or consulting experience; or bachelor’s degree plus 4+ years; or 5+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred experience includes 6+ years in technical pre-sales, consulting, technology delivery, or a related area.
  • Preferred experience includes 4+ years with cloud or hybrid infrastructure, architecture design, migrations, industry standards, or technology management.
  • Relevant technology certifications are preferred, including GitHub Administration or GitHub Actions certifications.
  • Experience with enterprise development teams, APIs, containers, microservices, event-driven design, and production-scale technical engagements is preferred.
  • Proficiency with JavaScript or TypeScript, Python, C#, or Java, and frameworks such as .NET, Node.js, or React is preferred.
  • Hands-on expertise with GitHub, Visual Studio Code, CI/CD, DevOps, platform engineering, observability, security, and performance is preferred.

Benefits

  • The role allows up to 50% work from home.
  • Travel percentages vary by role.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Categories

Solutions Engineering
Microsoft

About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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