GenAI Delivery Engineer - Remote, Higher Education

Nelnet; Little Rock (AR); Remote; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

HSA and FSA

401K

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Nelnet seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge GenAI delivery efforts with higher education and SLED clients. You will scope solutions on the Gemini platform, translate requirements, and manage a delivery backlog with cross-functional engineers.

You will work with an Engagement Manager to align technical scope, timelines, and compliance and help design practical AI adoption paths for institutions. Remote, full-time role.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience scoping and delivering GenAI/agentic AI solutions for enterprise or institutional clients.
• Familiarity with cloud data, compute, and compliance concepts in AI solution design.
• Google Cloud certification preferred (Professional Cloud Architect or equivalent).
• Experience in a client-facing technical role delivering AI/ML solutions.
• Higher education or SLED domain experience preferred.
• Ability to translate ambiguous client requirements into a structured, sequenced delivery backlog.
• Knowledge of FERPA and public sector data considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery with client stakeholders to scope use cases on Gemini Enterprise Platform.
• Run requirements sessions to define scope, success criteria, and delivery timelines.
• Assess technical feasibility during pre-sales to right-size engagements (Engagement Manager handles commercial).
• Build and maintain the delivery backlog for engineers and ensure clear sequencing.
• Prioritize backlog items against timelines, contracts, and dependencies.
• Serve as the client-facing quality gate before engagement is complete.
• Identify and surface data compliance and risk early in design process.

Skills

GenAI delivery

Client-facing

Gemini Platform

Cloud data concepts

Cloud certification

Education/SLED domain

Tools

Gemini Enterprise Platform

Google Cloud

Job description

Nelnet seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge GenAI delivery efforts with higher education and SLED clients. You will scope solutions on the Gemini platform, translate requirements, and manage a delivery backlog with cross-functional engineers.

You will work with an Engagement Manager to align technical scope, timelines, and compliance and help design practical AI adoption paths for institutions. Remote, full-time role.