Staff Partner Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI, Google Cloud

Google; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Generative AI Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI products and real-world implementation. You will lead efforts to transition AI prototypes to production-grade solutions, ensuring successful deployment with strategic partners.

This role involves solving integration complexities and providing tailored AI systems for customers. Applicants should have extensive software development experience, particularly with AI architectures, and a strong educational background in Computer Science or related fields. Join Google to redefine the AI landscape for businesses globally.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software development.
• Experience taking production-grade AI solutions from conception to launch.
• Knowledge of Large Language Model native metrics.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a team lead and developer within the strategic AI partner.
• Build high-performance evaluation pipelines for agentic systems.
• Identify patterns in Google’s AI stack and convert them into reusable modules.

Skills

Software development using Python or similar coding languages

Architecting AI systems on cloud platforms

Building pipelines for structured and unstructured data

Leading technical discovery sessions with customers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD in AI, Computer Science or a related field

Job description

Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google’s sponsorship of a visa.

Minimum 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).
• 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 for customers.
• Experience leading technical discovery sessions with customers.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree 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 Large Language Model native metrics (e.g., tokens/sec, cost‑per‑request) and techniques for optimizing state management and granular tracing.

About The Job

As a Generative AI (GenAI) Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Google Cloud, you are an embedded builder who bridges the gap between frontier AI products and production‑grade reality within partners for our customers. Unlike traditional advisory roles, you will function as an innovator‑builder, moving beyond high‑level architecture to code, debug, and jointly ship bespoke and scalable agentic solutions directly with our partners, for and within the customer’s environment.

You will address blockers to production, including solving integration complexities, data readiness issues, and state‑management issues that prevent AI from reaching enterprise‑grade maturity. By embedding with strategic partners, you will provide white‑glove deployment of complex AI systems and act as a critical connector and feedback loop for the partner to Google, transforming real‑world field and partner insights into Google Cloud’s future product roadmap.

You will serve as the agent engineer bridging the gap between AI prototypes and production‑grade reality for our strategic AI partners and their own FDE teams. It’s an exciting time to join Google Cloud’s Go‑To‑Market team, leading the AI revolution for businesses worldwide.

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 team lead and developer within the strategic AI partner for complex AI applications, working with the partner’s own teams to transition from rapid prototypes to production‑grade, replicable agentic workflows (e.g., multi‑agent systems, MCP servers) that drive measurable return on investment (ROI).
• Build high‑performance evaluation pipelines and observability frameworks to ensure partner‑developed agentic systems meet rigorous requirements for accuracy, safety, and latency.
• Identify repeatable partner and 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 a strategic AI partner’s forward‑deployed engineering teams to instill Google‑grade development best practices.
• Help partners build their own agentic delivery capabilities to set them up for long‑term success, focusing on the ROI at customer engagements and ensuring customer activation.

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.