Forward-Deployed AI Engineer III - Cloud

Google LLC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

PTO 20 days

Sick leave 40h/yr

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

Holidays 13 paid days

Job summary

Google LLC in the United States is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in Applied AI to lead delivery for Conversational AI pilots, transforming prototypes into production-grade agent workflows and securing enterprise-scale deployments. You will partner with customer teams to architect flows across APIs and data silos, owning end-to-end lifecycle from concept to value.

You will leverage Vertex AI and Gemini models within Google Cloud, collaborating with DeepMind and other engineering minds to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development using Python or similar languages.
• Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g., GCP).
• Experience deploying resources via Terraform or similar tools to automate setup of agents, functions, or networking.
• Experience building full-stack applications that interact with enterprise IT infrastructures and developing external customer projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead developer for conversational AI and CX applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production-grade workflows.
• Architect and code conversational flows optimized for integration with customers’ live infrastructure, including APIs and data silos.
• Build high-performance Eval pipelines and observability frameworks to optimize agentic workloads with low latency and strong security.
• Identify repeatable field patterns in Google’s AI stack and convert them into reusable modules or product feature requests.
• Co-build with customer engineering teams to ensure long-term project success and high end-user adoption.

Skills

Python

Cloud platforms

Full-stack apps

Terraform

Enterprise IT

MLOps

Education

Bachelors in Engineering/CS

Tools

Terraform

Vertex AI

GCP

Job description

Google LLC in the United States is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in Applied AI to lead delivery for Conversational AI pilots, transforming prototypes into production-grade agent workflows and securing enterprise-scale deployments. You will partner with customer teams to architect flows across APIs and data silos, owning end-to-end lifecycle from concept to value.

You will leverage Vertex AI and Gemini models within Google Cloud, collaborating with DeepMind and other engineering minds to