Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Google· Google Cloud
Hybrid (Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; New York, NY; Kirkland, WA; Houston, TX; Detroit, MI; Addison, TX; Chicago, IL; Cambridge, MA; Austin, TX)$207k - $300kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Generative AI Forward Deployed Engineer at Google Cloud embedded with customers to deploy production-grade, agentic AI solutions and provide field feedback to product teams.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a developer for complex AI applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production-grade agentic workflows (e.g., multi-agent systems, MCP servers) that drive measurable ROI.
- Architect and code the connective tissue between Google’s AI products and customer's live infrastructure, including APIs, legacy data silos, and security perimeters as part of an expert team.
- Build high-performance evaluation pipelines and observability frameworks to ensure agentic systems meet rigorous requirements for accuracy, safety, and latency.
- Identify repeatable field patterns and friction points in Google’s AI stack, converting them into reusable modules or formal product feature requests for the Engineering teams.
- Co-build with Customer Engineering teams to instill Google-grade development best practices, ensuring long-term project success and high end-user adoption.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience with software development using Python or similar coding languages.
- Experience building pipelines for structured and unstructured data using both vector databases and RAG-like architectures to power enterprise AI solutions.
- Experience taking production-grade AI-driven solutions from conception to launch for customers.
- Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g. Google Cloud Platform (GCP)).
- Experience leading technical discovery sessions with customers.
Skills
Required:PythonAI pipelines and RAG architecturesProduction-grade AI solutionsCloud architecture (GCP)Technical discovery with customers
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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