GenAI Platform Engineer - Gemini on GCP (Remote)

Nelnet; Eagan (MN); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

HSA/FSA

Paid time off

401K/student loan repayment

Life insurance

AD&D insurance

Employee assistance program

Employee stock purchase program

Tuition reimbursement

Performance-based incentive pay

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Wellness program

Job summary

Nelnet is seeking a GenAI/Agent Platform Engineer to own the technical build and deployment of GenAI solutions on Google Cloud, focusing on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. You will translate backlog items into working agentic solutions, integrate RAG pipelines, and ensure production-quality delivery for higher education and public sector clients.

The role emphasizes platform integration, test automation, and release readiness, with a hybrid/remote work model and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building GenAI/agentic AI solutions (LLM-based assistants, RAG pipelines, multi-agent orchestration).
• Experience with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform or Vertex AI strongly preferred; other platforms also considered for ramp-up.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy agentic assistants and GenAI applications on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
• Implement RAG pipelines and grounding using platform capabilities.
• Integrate A2A protocol and multi-agent orchestration patterns as needed.
• Build live API and tool-calling integrations with client systems (SIS, ERP, casework).
• Maintain solution architecture docs and reusable connectors.
• Ensure release readiness through evaluation and regression testing.

Skills

GenAI engineering

RAG pipelines

Multi-agent orchestration

Python

Cloud IAM

Model evaluation

Code review

Release readiness

Tools

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Vertex AI

Job description

Nelnet is seeking a GenAI/Agent Platform Engineer to own the technical build and deployment of GenAI solutions on Google Cloud, focusing on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. You will translate backlog items into working agentic solutions, integrate RAG pipelines, and ensure production-quality delivery for higher education and public sector clients.

The role emphasizes platform integration, test automation, and release readiness, with a hybrid/remote work model and a strong benefits package.