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Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise Context Layer, Agentic Data Cloud

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Compensation
$174–252K/yr
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Forward Deployed Engineer applies Google’s Generative AI to customer problems, working as a specialized software engineer embedded with strategic accounts. The role builds, deploys, and optimizes AI agents across Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience and other enterprise AI solutions. It translates customer business logic into agents, integrations, and guardrails, then tunes agents for specific brands and documents successful processes.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software DevelopmentSoftware TestingSoftware Product LaunchSoftware DesignSoftware ArchitectureGenerative AIKnowledge GraphsOntologiesLarge Language ModelsLangChainLlamaIndexAgentic ArchitecturesTool UsageModel Context ProtocolAutomated EvaluationBenchmarking PipelinesCustomer Needs AnalysisHypothesis Testing

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience5+ Years Software Development or Launch Experience3+ Years Software Design or Architecture Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

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Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise Context Layer, Agentic Data Cloud

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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match

  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment

  • 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

Application Instructions: In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA .

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 5 years of experience in software development and testing or launching software products.

  • 3 years of experience with software design/architecture.

  • Experience with Generative AI (GenAI) concepts (e.g., Large Language Model (LLM), multi-modal, large vision models).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience with Knowledge Graph, Ontologies.

  • Experience developing with Generative AI and Large Language Models.

  • Familiarity with open-source AI orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex). Experience with agentic architectures, tool usage, or the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

  • Background in automated evaluation and benchmarking pipelines

  • Ability to quickly understand customer needs in new domains, and form and test hypotheses on technical solutions and evaluations to improve model/agent outcomes to meet needs.

About the job

Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

As Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will be at the forefront of applying Google's cutting-edge Generative AI to solve real-world issues for our most strategic customers. You will act as a specialized software engineer embedded with key accounts, working to build, deploy, and optimize sophisticated AI agents across our Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience suite and other emergent enterprise AI solutions.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Analyze customer industries and profiles to translate business logic into functional AI agents.

  • Identify necessary agent skills and APIs, map decision trees, and build system guardrails to ensure accurate outputs.

  • Build custom skills or integrations to assist customers, and document successful processes for future standardization.

  • Tune AI agents by providing the appropriate voice, tools, and specific knowledge base required for specific brands.

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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.

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