Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Applications

Overview

Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about the realm of AI & its applications, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer in AI Applications for Enterprise customers at Microsoft Canada. Here, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, working on cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

Microsoft is at the forefront of the AI era, reshaping how organizations build, innovate, and deliver value. We’re leading the charge with breakthrough AI platforms and tools that not only elevate the developer experience but also empower businesses to solve complex challenges and unlock new opportunities. From accelerating development to transforming operations, Microsoft is helping customers turn AI into a strategic advantage—driving impact at scale.

As a Solution Engineer – Cloud & AI Applications, you’ll play a pivotal role in helping customers unlock the full potential of AI. You’ll guide them in understanding the art of the possible, helping them architect scalable AI solutions, and adopting cutting-edge tools to build the next generation of intelligent applications. By combining technical expertise with a passion for innovation and solving complex business challenges, you’ll empower organizations to boost productivity, drive transformation, and become truly AI-native.

This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, hone your technical skills, and become adept at solution design and deployment. You’ll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate AI applications development into their deployment workflows. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their applications and realize the full value of Microsoft’s AI platform, all while enjoying flexible work opportunities.

Microsoft’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.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
• Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons and architecture workshops—to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s cloud platforms.
• Build trusted relationships with platform leads, co-designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions
• Resolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering to share insights and improve products.
• Maintain deep expertise in our Intelligent Application Development portfolio: AI Foundry, Azure Kubernetes Service, App Service Environment, Azure Container Apps, API Management, Azure Managed Redis.
• Maintain and grow expertise in Azure database platforms: Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL and SQL DB.

Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in Application Development communities and customer forums

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

Solution Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $128,000 - CAD $222,400 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Solution Engineering IC5 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 128,000 $ CAD à 222,400 $ CAD par année.

Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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