Cloud Solution Engineer – Data & AI

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We are looking for a Cloud Solution Engineer (Data&AI) for our Digital Natives team in France.

Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about the realm of databases and analytics, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment in the era of AI? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer in Innovative Data Platform for digital natives customers at Microsoft.

Here, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, working on cutting‑edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact.

Digital Natives is a fairly new team at Microsoft, part of the SDP team led by Clare Barclay, taking care of the startups that have over €20M-30M of investment, are unicorns or top technical fast‑growth companies in EMEA, like Mistral or Wayve.

Databases & Analytics is a growth opportunity for Microsoft Azure, as well as its partners and customers, offering a rich portfolio of products including IaaS and PaaS services on the Azure Platform in the age of AI.

As an Innovative Cloud Solution Engineer (SE), you will play a pivotal role in helping enterprises unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s cloud database and analytics stack across every stage of deployment.

You’ll collaborate closely with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate the Fabric Data Platform, including Azure Databases and Analytics, through hands‑on engagements like Proof of Concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops.

In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their data platform and realize the full value of Microsoft’s platform, all while enjoying flexible work opportunities.

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 Analytics Portfolio: Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, DW, real‑time intelligence, BI, Copilot), Azure Databricks, Purview Data Governance and Azure Databases: SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL.
• Maintain and grow expertise in on‑prem EDW (Teradata, Netezza, Exadata), Hadoop & BI solutions.
• Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in cloud Database & Analytics communities and customer forums.

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.

Qualifications

Being a French native speaker or having a proficiency level of French is required.

• Demonstrated experience in technical pre‑sales or technical consulting.
• OR a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field with relevant technical pre‑sales or consulting experience.
• OR a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field with relevant technical pre‑sales or consulting experience.
• OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Expert on Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL) from migration & modernize and creating new AI apps.
• Expert on Azure Analytics (Fabric, Azure Databricks, Purview) and competitors (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake) in data warehouse, data lake, big data, analytics, real‑time intelligent, and reporting using integrated Data Security & Governance.
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production‑scale outcomes.

Desirable:

• Demonstrated experience in technical pre‑sales, technical consulting, technology delivery, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience with cloud, hybrid, or on‑premises infrastructure, including architecture design, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
• Proficient on data warehouse & big data migration including on‑prem appliance (Teradata, Netezza, Oracle), Hadoop (Cloudera, Hortonworks) and Azure Synapse Gen2.

Microsoft is an equal‑opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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