GenAI Delivery Engineer — Higher Ed & SLED (Remote)

Nelnet; Bellevue (NE); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401K

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness program

Job summary

Nelnet is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge the GenAI delivery team with higher education and SLED institutions. You will scope solutions on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, translate requirements into a delivery backlog, and work with engineers to ensure technically grounded, compliant deployments.

Remote/hybrid role offering a $140k–$185k annual compensation, with a 24-hour in-office expectation within 30 miles where applicable; strong emphasis on domain experience,

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience scoping and delivering GenAI/agentic AI solutions for enterprise or institutional clients.
• Direct experience with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform strongly preferred; ramp on Google's stack encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery with client stakeholders and translate pain points into scoped, deliverable use cases.
• Build and maintain the delivery backlog and translate requirements into sequenced work.
• Identify and surface compliance and data risks early in design.
• Provide trusted advisory with domain expertise in higher education/SLED.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure feasible delivery plans.

Skills

GenAI delivery

Gemini Enterprise Platform

Google Cloud

Client-facing Communication

Higher education / SLED domain

Compliance awareness

Solution scoping

Delivery backlog management

Education

Google Cloud Certification

Tools

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Agent Builder)

Workspace Studio

Model Garden

Google Cloud IAM & security concepts

Job description

Nelnet is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge the GenAI delivery team with higher education and SLED institutions. You will scope solutions on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, translate requirements into a delivery backlog, and work with engineers to ensure technically grounded, compliant deployments.

Remote/hybrid role offering a $140k–$185k annual compensation, with a 24-hour in-office expectation within 30 miles where applicable; strong emphasis on domain experience,