GenAI Forward-Deployed Engineer for YouTube GTM Ops

Google Inc.; Chicago, San Bruno (IL, CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join the YouTube GTM Operations team, driving GenAI transformation across GTM workflows. You will bridge frontier AI capabilities with production-grade systems and actively code, debug, and ship AI-powered agentic solutions that address complex business problems.

You will deliver scalable frontends and backends, integrate LLMs and RAG into GTM operations, and collaborate with Product Managers to map tool roadmaps, ensuring data readiness,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 6 years of experience in full-stack software development and system design.
• Experience with back-end languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go or C++) and building applied AI solutions around pre-trained models.
• Experience working with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL), distributed systems, and designing back-end data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build and iterate on GenAI proof-of-concepts (Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Agentic Frameworks) to demonstrate feasibility, translating business problems into software.
• Lead delivery of complex, production-grade AI solutions (e.g., multi-agent systems, model context protocol servers) from rapid prototypes to maximize business ROI.
• Partner with Product Managers and stakeholders to co-create tool roadmaps that enable YouTube's business operations.
• Author technical designs, write clean code, build intuitive frontends, define metrics, and execute deployment. Build high-performance eval pipelines and observability frameworks to ensure agentic systems meet accuracy, safety, and latency requirements.
• Resolve technical hurdles preventing AI maturity, including data readiness gaps, system integration complexities, edge cases, and state-management challenges.

Skills

Full-stack software development

Back-end languages

Java

Python

Go

C++

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Mentoring / leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LLMs

RAG

Agentic frameworks

Vector databases

Embeddings

Search architectures

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join the YouTube GTM Operations team, driving GenAI transformation across GTM workflows. You will bridge frontier AI capabilities with production-grade systems and actively code, debug, and ship AI-powered agentic solutions that address complex business problems.

You will deliver scalable frontends and backends, integrate LLMs and RAG into GTM operations, and collaborate with Product Managers to map tool roadmaps, ensuring data readiness,