GenAI Forward-Deployed Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions

Google; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Google Cloud is hiring a Generative AI Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to bridge frontier AI products with production-grade reality at customer sites. You will code, debug, and ship bespoke agentic solutions inside the customer's environment, acting as an innovator-builder with a founder’s mindset.

You’ll embed with strategic accounts, provide white‑glove deployment of complex AI systems, and feed field insights back into product roadmaps. Competitive compensation reflects location and impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience with Python or similar languages.
• Experience building data pipelines with vector databases and RAG-like architectures for enterprise AI.
• Experience taking AI solutions from concept to customer deployment.
• Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (GCP).
• Experience leading technical discovery sessions with customers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a developer for complex AI applications, moving from prototypes to production-grade agentic workflows.
• Architect and code the integration between Google’s AI products and customers’ live infrastructure.
• Build high-performance evaluation pipelines and observability for accuracy, safety, and latency.
• Identify repeatable field patterns and translate into reusable modules or feature requests.
• Co-build with Customer Engineering teams to ensure long end-user adoption.

Skills

Engineering degree

8 years of Python

Data pipelines (vector DBs & RAG)

Production-grade AI delivery

Cloud AI on GCP

Customer discovery sessions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master's or PhD in AI/CS (preferred)

Job description

Google Cloud is hiring a Generative AI Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to bridge frontier AI products with production-grade reality at customer sites. You will code, debug, and ship bespoke agentic solutions inside the customer's environment, acting as an innovator-builder with a founder’s mindset.

You’ll embed with strategic accounts, provide white‑glove deployment of complex AI systems, and feed field insights back into product roadmaps. Competitive compensation reflects location and impact.