GenAI Delivery Engineer — Remote, Enterprise Solutions

Nelnet; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Nelnet is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge our GenAI delivery with higher education and state/local education institutions. You will scope solutions on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, translate requirements into deliverable backlogs, and manage technical risk in close partnership with an Engagement Manager.

Experience in GenAI delivery for enterprise clients, strong Google Cloud familiarity, and a background in education/public sector domains are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience scoping and delivering GenAI/agentic AI solutions for enterprise or institutional clients.
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory considerations relevant to education or public sector data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience leading client discovery and requirements sessions.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering teams to ensure delivery commitments are realistic and technically grounded.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery with client stakeholders, translating institutional pain points into scoped, deliverable use cases on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
• Run requirements-gathering sessions to define technical scope, success criteria, and delivery timelines.
• Build and maintain the delivery backlog, converting client requirements into clear, sequenced work for the engineering team.
• Prioritize backlog items against client timelines, contract commitments, and technical dependencies.
• Serve as the connective layer between client-facing commitments and internal delivery capacity.
• Validate that delivered solutions meet acceptance criteria defined during scoping.

Skills

GenAI delivery

Google Cloud

Client-facing role

Higher Education/SLED domain

Backlog scoping

Regulatory compliance

Effective communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Paired delivery model

Tools

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Google Cloud Platform

Workspace Studio

Model Garden

Job description

Nelnet is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge our GenAI delivery with higher education and state/local education institutions. You will scope solutions on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, translate requirements into deliverable backlogs, and manage technical risk in close partnership with an Engagement Manager.

Experience in GenAI delivery for enterprise clients, strong Google Cloud familiarity, and a background in education/public sector domains are highly valued.