Senior Developer Relations Specialist, AI Data Cloud

Google; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 170,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and disb

401(k) with company match

Paid time off: 20 days per year

Sick time: 40 hours/year (Seattle 69)

Maternity leave: 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave: 18 weeks

Holidays: 13 paid days

Job summary

Google is seeking a Developer Relations Engineer to engage with the developer community and drive adoption of Google Cloud data and analytics technologies. You will craft samples and demos, publish technical content, and lead workshops to empower practitioners in building and operating cloud analytics solutions.

The role emphasizes advocating for developers, gathering feedback, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to shape cloud analytics strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in a technical role, such as software development or solutions consulting or equivalent technical experience.
• 2 years of experience working with software and data engineering concepts and frameworks.
• 1 year of experience working with AI and agentic frameworks (e.g., Model Context Protocol).

Responsibilities

• Advocate for Google Cloud data and analytics products to foster developer adoption and success.
• Create informative technical assets, including demos, code samples, documentation, and blog posts, to boost awareness.
• Develop and lead technical workshops to enable practitioners to build and operationalize cloud analytics solutions.
• Engage third-party communities and engineering teams to drive developer momentum and gather key product feedback.
• Represent community needs internally to influence Google Cloud product strategy with cross-functional teams.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

5 years of experience in a technical role, such as software development or solutions consulting or equivalent technical experience

2 years of experience working with software and data engineering concepts and frameworks

1 year of experience working with AI and agentic frameworks (e.g., Model Context Protocol)

Job description

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Google utilizes AI tools to assist in assessing candidates in our hiring processes.

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

In 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

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Toronto, ON, Canada.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in a technical role, such as software development or solutions consulting or equivalent technical experience.
• 2 years of experience working with software and data engineering concepts and frameworks.
• 1 year of experience working with AI and agentic frameworks (e.g., Model Context Protocol).

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with on-premise or cloud technologies data.
• Experience working directly with customers, partners, or third-party developers, and advocating or mentoring for new and existing technologies and programming languages.
• Ability to take ownership of solutions and exert influence without authority.

About The Job

Passionate people are everywhere at Google. In Developer Relations, we get excited to collaborate and connect with the communities that love technology as much as we do. Part community manager and part developer advocate, Developer Relations Engineers collaborate with developers at conferences and online, and advocate for developers interests internally at Google. Not afraid to be hands‑on, you write sample code and client libraries as well as participate in developer forums and support queues to troubleshoot and debug coding problems developers encounter. Internally, you work with product engineering teams to improve our products by conveying feedback from developers, reviewing API designs and testing new features.

With your technical expertise, you drive strategy around fostering a community of developers who work with Google technologies. An ardent advocate for these developers, you represent their voice internally to our Product Managers and serve as their Google support in application development and technology implementation.

Our team creates the magic that enables builder and developer awareness and adoption of the Data and Analytics platform in Google Cloud. Our core mission is to enable successful adoption and implementation of data in our users' infrastructure and applications. Everything from creating content like blogs and videos, to working with product and engineering on how to make our products better drives this goal. We represent our users' voices internally while teaching externally.

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

US: $163000 - $236000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Canada: $170000 - $174000 (CAD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Advocate for Google Cloud data and analytics products to foster developer adoption and success.
• Create informative technical assets, including demos, code samples, documentation, and blog posts, to boost awareness.
• Develop and lead technical workshops to enable practitioners to build and operationalize cloud analytics solutions.
• Engage third‑party communities and engineering teams to drive developer momentum and gather key product feedback.
• Represent community needs internally to influence Google Cloud product strategy with cross‑functional teams.

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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .