Generative AI Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Cloud

Google LLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking a GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with strategic customers, translating frontier AI capabilities into production-grade agentic solutions. You will code, debug, and ship bespoke AI workflows inside customer environments, bridging cloud products and live infrastructure.

As part of the Go-To-Market team, you’ll help solve integration challenges, data readiness, and state-management issues, driving enterprise adoption and real-world ROI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years in cloud computing or a technical customer-facing role.
• Experience building data pipelines using vector databases and RAG-like architectures.
• Experience deploying AI solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience leading technical discovery sessions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a developer for complex AI applications, moving prototypes to production-ready agentic workflows.
• Architect and code the connective tissue between Google AI products and customer live infrastructure.
• Build high-performance evaluation pipelines and observability for accuracy, safety, and latency.
• Identify repeatable field patterns and convert them into reusable modules or feature requests for Engineering teams.
• Co-build with customer teams to ensure long-term success and adoption.

Skills

Cloud computing

Technical customer-facing

Data pipelines

AI systems

Discovery sessions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS or equivalent

Master's or PhD in AI/CS or related field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Vector databases

RAG-like architectures

LangGraph

CrewAI

ADK

ReAct

self-reflection

hierarchical delegation

Job description

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: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Pune, Maharashtra, India; Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in cloud computing or a technical customer-facing role.
• Experience building pipelines for structured and unstructured data using both vector databases and RAG-like architectures to power enterprise AI solutions.
• Experience taking production-grade AI-driven solutions from conception to launch and architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform (GCP)).
• Experience leading technical discovery sessions.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s or PhD in AI, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience implementing multi-agent systems using frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, CrewAI, ADK) and complex patterns (e.g., ReAct, self-reflection, hierarchical delegation).
• Knowledge of "LLM-native" metrics (e.g., tokens/sec, cost-per-request) and techniques for optimizing state management and granular tracing.

About The Job

As a GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Google Cloud, you will be an embedded builder who bridges the gap between frontier AI products and production-grade reality within customers. Unlike traditional advisory roles, you will function as an "innovator-builder," moving beyond high-level architecture to code, debug, and jointly ship bespoke agentic solutions directly within the customer’s environment. This role is designed for high-agency engineers with a founder’s mindset. You will address blockers to production including solving the integration complexities, data readiness issues, and state-management challenges that prevent AI from reaching enterprise-grade maturity. By embedding with strategic accounts, you will serve a dual purpose: providing "white glove" deployment of complex AI systems and acting as a critical feedback loop, transforming real-world field insights into Google Cloud’s future product roadmap. It's an exciting time to join Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market team, leading the AI revolution for businesses worldwide. You’ll excel by leveraging Google's brand credibility—a legacy built on inventing foundational technologies and proven at scale. We’ll provide you with the world's most advanced AI portfolio, including frontier Gemini models, and the complete Vertex AI platform, helping you to solve business problems. We’re a collaborative culture providing direct access to DeepMind's engineering and research minds, empowering you to solve customer challenges. Join us to be the catalyst for our mission, drive customer success, and define the new cloud era—the market is yours.

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.

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