Software Engineer, Rapid Innovation, Google Public Sector
Google· Public Sector / Google Cloud
Reston, VA$174k - $252kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Software Engineer role within Google Public Sector's Rapid Innovation team to build rapid prototype generative AI applications for public sector customers, collaborating with Product and cross-functional teams to push generative AI capabilities and enterprise AI solutions.
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor to customers by understanding their business process and objectives. Design and build genAI-driven solutions spanning AI, data, and infrastructure.
- Demonstrate how Google Cloud is differentiated by working with customers on application prototypes; demonstrating generative AI features; prompting and tuning models; and optimizing model performance, profiling, and benchmarking. Troubleshoot and find solutions to issues in generative AI applications.
- Build repeatable technical assets such as scripts, templates, reference architectures, etc. to enable customers and internal teams. Work with peers to include the full cloud stack into overall architecture.
- Work cross-functionally to influence Google Cloud strategy and product direction at the intersection of infrastructure and AI/ML by advocating for enterprise customer requirements.
- Coordinate regional field enablement with leadership and work closely with product and partner organizations on external enablement. Travel as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development using Python or similar coding languages.
- Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g., GCP).
- Experience building pipelines for structured and unstructured data using both vector databases and (retrieval-augmented generation) RAG-like architectures to power enterprise AI solutions.
- Experience leading technical discovery sessions with customers.
- Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.
Skills
Required:PythonAI systems architectureRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Cloud platforms (GCP)Customer discovery / consulting
Benefits
- US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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