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Forward Deployed Engineer, National Security, Google Public Sector

Google· Google Public Sector
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Reston, VA, USA$207k - $300kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Position within Google Public Sector's Forward Deployed Engineering team focused on deploying secure AI solutions across Federal and SLED environments, transitioning rapid prototypes to production-grade agentic workflows, and resolving integration, data sovereignty, and security challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a developer for complex AI applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production-grade agentic workflows (e.g., multi-agent systems, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers) that drive measurable Return on Investment (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 architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g. Google Cloud Platform (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 on cloud platformsData pipelines (structured/unstructured)Security clearances

Benefits

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Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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