GenAI Delivery Engineer for Higher Ed & SLED

Nelnet; Alliance (NE); Remote; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

HSA/FSA

401K

Job summary

Nelnet is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge the GenAI delivery team with higher education and SLED clients. You will translate requirements into a scoped delivery backlog and ensure solutions align with institutional needs, not just platform capabilities.

You will work with an Engagement Manager and multiple engineers to scope, deliver, and address technical risks, data governance, and compliance in a cohesive client-facing role.

Qualifications

• Hands-on GenAI/agentic AI delivery for enterprise or institutional clients.
• Experience with cloud data, compute, and compliance concepts in AI design.
• Google Cloud certification is preferred to show platform fluency.
• Experience in a client-facing technical role delivering AI/ML solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery with client stakeholders, translating pain points into scoped use cases on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
• Build and maintain the delivery backlog and translate client requirements into sequenced work for engineers.
• Identify and surface technical and data compliance requirements early in the design process.
• Bring credible domain understanding of higher education or SLED environments to client conversations.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and the Engagement Manager to ensure delivery plans are technically sound.

Skills

GenAI delivery

GCP familiarity

Client-facing

Higher Ed domain

Backlog scoping

Compliance (FERPA)

Strong communication

Cross-functional

Paired delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Gemini Enterprise Platform

Google Cloud

Workspace Studio

Job description

Nelnet is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge the GenAI delivery team with higher education and SLED clients. You will translate requirements into a scoped delivery backlog and ensure solutions align with institutional needs, not just platform capabilities.

You will work with an Engagement Manager and multiple engineers to scope, deliver, and address technical risks, data governance, and compliance in a cohesive client-facing role.