[Hiring] Partner Solution Architect, AI Apps @Microsoft

Role Description

As a Partner Solution Architect (PSA) | AI Apps, you will guide globally managed Enterprise Partners through the build journey—from envisioning and architecture design to solution build assistance and activation through customer wins. You will scope and guide the development of business solutions, provide deep technical insights, and accelerate the growth of Microsoft Tech priorities. You will work closely with partners to navigate emerging technologies, understand their technical requirements and business objectives, align solutions to build, and guide them through development by delivering architectural design sessions, creating proof of concepts, and driving innovation through effective use of Microsoft technologies, ensuring that their solutions are optimized for performance and cost-efficiency.

Join our team as a Partner Solution Architect (PSA) | AI Apps and play a pivotal role in helping partners build, validate, and scale innovative solutions that accelerate customer success. By combining strategic thinking, deep technical expertise, and a trusted advisor mindset, you will help partners transform ideas into repeatable offerings that drive business growth, technology adoption, and measurable customer impact.

Responsibilities

• Guide Solution Development & Activation: Lead the development and activation of new or enhanced partner offerings that align with Microsoft Cloud priorities.
• Empower Innovation: Run technical innovation workshops, tech briefings, and envisioning sessions to build technical intensity across partner teams.
• Strategic Sales Enablement: Activate transformational deals by providing architectural guidance, resolving technical blockers, and enhancing solution design.
• Champion Technical Excellence: Guide partners through architecture design sessions, proof-of-concepts, and MVP builds.
• Thought Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Build long-term engagements with strategic partners, influencing their adoption of Microsoft technologies.
• Measure and Share Impact: Track and report progress through Microsoft internal tools and contribute to internal knowledge sharing.
• Drive Pre-Sales Motion & Business Acumen: Act as a technical business developer by identifying new opportunities and creating repeatable solutions.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, technical consulting, technical consultative selling, product development and/or consulting.
• Experience in technology IP solution services development, application modernization, understanding digital transformation business drivers, cloud architecture, and AI Apps technologies including Kubernetes, DevOps, GitHub, secure application development, and AI services.
• Experience designing, developing, deploying, and modernizing full-stack applications, APIs, and distributed cloud-native solutions in public cloud environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a partner-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external, regional and/or global).
• Experience architecting and deploying enterprise-grade AI solutions and scalable AI platforms.
• Hands-on experience with software development using modern programming languages, application frameworks, containerized environments, and cloud-native architectures.

Requirements

• Proficiency in modern development practices, CI/CD, source control, and application lifecycle management.

Benefits

• The typical base pay range for this role across United Kingdom is £79,700.00 - £133,900.00 per year.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.