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Technical Founder Advocate, Startups, Google Cloud

Google· Google Cloud
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$211k - $293kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Technical founder advocate role focused on engaging with startup founders and ecosystems, providing technical advisory, and driving adoption of Google Cloud technologies across early-stage ventures.

Responsibilities

  • Engage, onboard, and provide technical advisory to high-potential founders, building early, high-trust, peer-to-peer relationships to influence foundational architectural decisions and establish long-term technology partnerships.
  • Serve as the central, zero-friction point of contact for founders navigating Google’s broader ecosystem, securing custom resource allocations and bypassing typical operational friction.
  • Collaborate closely with Venture Ecosystem teams including venture capital business development, startup accelerator programs, and developer relations teams to lead technical workshops and scale adoption.
  • Act as the liaison between startup founders and internal product, engineering, and research teams.
  • Expand the company's presence across key technology hubs by designing and leading advanced technical workshops, delivering keynotes at premier developer events, and maintaining a strong professional standing on public developer platforms.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in software engineering, cloud-native architecture, or AI/ML systems, including experience building or developing technology within early-stage or venture-backed startups.
  • Experience engaging with founders, executives, and internal executive stakeholders.

Skills

Required:Bachelor-level technical degree or equivalentSoftware engineeringCloud-native architectureAI/ML systemsStakeholder engagement

Benefits

  • Learn more about benefits at Google (provided in description)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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