Principal Full stack & AI

MicrosoftIndustry Solutions -Global Center Innovation and Delivery Center (GCID) delivers end-to-end solutionsby enabling accelerated adoption and productive use of Microsoft organization of well over 1000 exceptional peopleGCIDpresents a greatopportunity for highly skilled services professionals to make a foray intoconsulting solution development and delivery roles.

Senior leader responsible for the successful technical execution and delivery of complex client projects across diverse domains. This role acts as a strategic anchor between clients senior leadership delivery managers project managers and delivery the AI-first GCID organization Architect(s) are expected to embed AI-native thinking into delivery models ensuring solutions are intelligent scalable and aligned with business outcomes. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology demonstrates breadth of expertise and advocates for solutions that deliver true client value.

AI-First Delivery Leadership

• Embed AI-first principles into delivery workflows leveraging automation and intelligent orchestration where applicable.
• Own the Architecture and drive end-to-end delivery of complex projects ensuring solutions are scalable robust and aligned with client business outcomes.
• Drive engineering excellence through reusable components accelerators and scalable architecture.
• Oversee technical execution across multiple projects ensuring adherence to best practices quality standards and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to define strategies delivery plans milestones and risk mitigation approaches.
• Act as a technical point of contact for clients translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Ensure delivery models are optimized for modern AI-native execution including integration of automation and intelligent processes.
• Ability to step into atrisk projects quickly assess issues and establish a credible path to recovery or exit.

Engineering Excellence

• Champion high-quality engineering practices across all delivery engagements.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards architectural integrity and performance benchmarks.
• Define and institutionalize engineering guardrails that embed secure coding testdriven development observability.
• Encourage continuous learning and technical certifications to maintain cutting-edge expertise.
• Drive adoption of modern delivery methodologies (Agile DevOps CI/CD) to ensure robust and scalable solutions.
• Foster a culture of technical rigor innovation and accountability within the team.

Innovation & Thought Leadership

• Monitor and evaluate emerging technologies to inform strategic direction.
• Lead innovation in delivery models reusable assets and accelerators to enhance efficiency and impact.
• Champion modern thinking and best practices across teams and engagements to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Client Engagement & Solutioning

• Use design thinking to shape usercentric solutions aligning business goals architecture decisions and delivery execution.
• Engage with clients to understand business needs and provide expert guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support pre-sales and solutioning efforts with estimations proof-of-concepts and technical proposals.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships ensuring high levels of satisfaction and value delivery.

Team Management & Mentorship

• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams fostering a culture of learning collaboration and technical excellence.
• Conduct reviews provide feedback and support professional development of team members.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure secure compliant and reliable solution delivery through secure coding testdriven development observability design reviews and quality gates across all engagements.

Strategic Partnering

• Serve as a strategic partner for internal and external stakeholders on key initiatives.
• Provide strategic guidance and execution oversight to ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Qualifications

• 18 years of experience in software/solution engineering with hands-on experience and willing to code and design.
• Proven experience in leading delivery of complex multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong understanding of modern delivery methodologies (Agile Scrum DevOps etc.).
• Excellent communication stakeholder management problem-solving and team leadership skills.
• Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Relevant certifications are a plus.

Areas of Expertise

Full Stack Application Engineering

• • Endtoend design and development of modern web and mobile applications using React Angular Blazor or equivalent frameworks
  • Strong backend engineering expertise Java or Python applying clean architecture domaindriven design and APIfirst principles
  • Experience building scalable microservices and distributed systems leveraging REST gRPC eventdriven architectures and asynchronous processing
  • Handson data and platform fundamentals including relational and NoSQL databases (Azure SQL PostgreSQL Cosmos DB) performance tuning scalability resiliency and application security

AIDriven Application Development

• • Build AIdriven cloudnative applications with intelligence embedded into core workflows.
  • Handson use of GitHub Copilot across the SDLC enabling solutioning development CI/CD and production readiness.
  • Lead a Copilotassisted engineering culture driving AI pairprogramming and highvelocity delivery at scale.
  • Modernize large application estates using Copilotassisted code comprehension refactoring and cloudnative migration.
  • Coach teams and customers on safe enterprisegrade Copilot usage prompt strategies and adoption patterns.
  • Apply Responsible AI principles embedding security privacy governance and compliance into delivery workflows.

AIEnabled Application Development

• • Deliver productiongrade AI solutions using Azure OpenAI Azure AI Services Azure AI Foundry and custom ML including RAG architectures with Azure AI Search and enterprise data grounding.
  • Deep expertise in LLM integrationprompt engineering context and grounding strategiesfor copilots conversational applications and intelligent business workflows.
  • Proven design of agentic AI systems (single and multiagent) with orchestration tools memory humanintheloop and enterpriseready operations including observability governance and cost/performance optimization.

CloudNative Architecture (Azure)

• • Design PaaSfirst cloudnative Azure architectures prioritizing managed services for scale resilience security and efficiency.
  • Architect solutions across App Service Container Apps AKS Functions and API Management selecting optimal compute per workload and business need.
  • Strong expertise in identity security and networking including Entra ID RBAC Managed Identity Key Vault private endpoints VNET integration and landing patterns.
  • Build highly available and resilient systems including multiregion deployments disaster recovery and faulttolerant architectures.
  • Apply costaware and WellArchitected principles optimizing reliability performance operations and cost efficiency.

DevOps Platform & Developer Productivity

• • Design and operate secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions with automated build test and deployment.
  • Handson InfrastructureasCode using Bicep ARM and Terraform leveraging GitHub Copilot to enforce enterprise standards.
  • Deep understanding of observability and reliability engineering including logging metrics tracing SLOs alerting and production readiness.
  • Drive developer productivity and delivery velocity through innersource practices reusable platforms accelerators and automation.
  • Embed DevSecOps and platform engineering delivering pavedroad selfservice capabilities that balance speed governance reliability and compliance.

Solutioning Pre-Sales & Technical Leadership

• • Lead technical solutioning estimations and support architecture design during pre-sales and delivery shaping
  • Translate business outcomes into clear architecture execution plans and risk mitigation strategies
  • Influence technical direction across multiple teams and engagements
  • Act as a trusted advisor to clients and internal leadership

Frontier Engineering & Customer Enablement Skills

• • Lead rapid prototyping pilots and early enterprise deployments taking ideas from whiteboard to production with minimal friction
  • Handson troubleshooting and production support addressing performance reliability and security issues to unblock progress
  • Sidebyside engineering engagement with customer teams accelerating deployments adoption and timetovalue through direct coding support
  • Outcomedriven delivery in ambiguous highpressure environments building reusable accelerators and reference implementations while engaging senior customer stakeholders

Personal Attributes

• • Passion for technology and innovation.
  • Ability to interact confidently with senior leaders and clients.
  • Strong decision-making skills and a consultative mindset.
  • Flexibility to manage in a fast-moving ambiguous consulting environment.
  • Commitment to continuous learning and professional growth.

Other

• Embody ourcultureandvalues

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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