Remote Technical Sales Specialist - AI App Dev Job in North Carolina, United States Microsoft

Who you are

• 7+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of Full stack development selling experience in enterprise public cloud-based solutions. Technical expert on AI/Cognitive Services.
• 3+ years in customer-facing advisory or pre-sales to demonstrate ability to distill core technical concepts and connect them to business outcomes.
• Solution Consulting Experience.
• Experience and skills with Azure Application and AI services.
• Knowledge of consuming large language model (LLM) and Foundational model APIs.
• Certifications with Azure Application Services or equivalent industry certifications preferred.
• Knowledge of full stack application development technologies with above average skills in both front-end and back-end development, including web development, databases, system architecture, cloud technology, API development and integration, and software engineering.
• Familiar with DevOps and version control tools such as Git and be able to write and debug code.
• Experienced in using Microsoft Azure.
• Azure AI App development experience includes integrating API-accessible Cognitive Services and Large Language Models APIs (Hugging Face, Azure OpenAI Service) into application workflows and prompt engineering development to create unique experiences.
• Knowledge of Front-end development technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, React, Angular, and Vue.
• Knowledge of Back-end development Iincluding Node.js, Python, and databases such as Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB.
• Familiar with best practices in software development, such as Agile, SOLID principles, test-driven development (TDD), and object-oriented programming (OOP).
• Addressing Industry scenarios with technology: Demonstrated effectiveness in landing technology scenarios in industry-relevant ways and credibility to lead and influence niche industry conversations.
• Understanding of Microsoft's AI technologies relative to major competitors.
• Leads conversations and sets up events within Microsoft, mentors others and develops strategies for best practice sharing, initiates conversations with prospective customers/partners at events, acts as a subject matter expert in one or more solution area(s).
• Collaborates with partners and internal ecosystems to analyze competitor products, solutions, and/or services and implement strategies.

What the job involves

• As a Technical Sales Specialist - AI App Dev, you will be a technical solution expert within our worldwide AI commercial solution area organization working with strategic customers on developing AI projects. You will accelerate and scale Microsoft’s share of the AI market leveraging the latest front and back-end development technologies to implement Azure AI, Azure Cognitive Services and Azure ML led solutions within prototype applications. The primary objective is to support our AI Specialists with prototyping and developing AI-powered application experience to demonstrate the value of AI within customer organizations and win the technical decision for progressing to production initiatives.
• You will combine the power of the Azure Data and Apps portfolio with Azure AI to rapidly demonstrate the value building these AI solutions on Azure. Specifically, you will focus on developing proof of concept applications leveraging Cognitive Services and the Azure OpenAI Services. You’ll create Generative AI-powered applications that are enhanced by the broader AI portfolio, with the goal of demonstrating the value of a business use case for your customers.
• This role sits in our Global Black Belt (GBB) organization, which is a team of highly specialized & technical professionals within our Microsoft Customer & Partner Solutions organization (MCAPS) who work with customers to enable some of the most complex and innovative solutions, providing differentiated technical leadership and guidance along the way.

Application process

• Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 4, 2024.