Responsibilities
* Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
* Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons, code-with sessions, and architecture workshops—to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s developer tools and cloud platforms.
* Build trusted relationships with developers and 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 proficiency in AI Foundry & App architecture (Agentic AI framework, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI) and App architecture/cloud native development (APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java or .NET).
* Maintain and grow proficiency in AI Management & Security (Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, orchestrator, monitoring).
* Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications (RQs)
* 5+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
* OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years of experience
* OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years of experience
* OR equivalent experience
* Proficient in full stack app architecture design / modernization and cloud native development (e.g., APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java, .NET)
* Proficient in AI & ML models (e.g., Agentic AI framework, AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI, fine-tuning/inferencing, etc.)
* Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications (PQs)
* 6+ years of technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery experience
* OR equivalent experience
* 4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid or on-premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management
* Proficient in Agentic framework, AI Management & Security (e.g., Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, Responsible AI, orchestrator, monitoring)
* Skilled with frameworks, tools, languages (e.g., GitHub, Copilot Studio, VS Code, Jupyter, PyCharm, Node.js, Python, Java, C#, C++)
* Preferred additional language: Finnish
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
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