Platform Engineer for Public Sector & Higher Education

Google Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

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Job summary

Google Inc. seeks a Customer Engineer for Platform, SLED, Higher Education and Public Sector in California.

You will partner with Technical Sales to differentiate Google Cloud and our Public Sector offerings for R1/R2 universities, designing agentic AI solutions that address complex institutional issues. You will lead PoCs, translate academic requirements into scalable architectures, and engage with educational leaders to implement autonomous AI agents, secure data ecosystems, and AI-powered

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 10 years of cloud-native architecture experience in customer-facing roles.
• Experience presenting to technical stakeholders and executives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Sales to qualify Google Cloud and AI-first opportunities.
• Lead PoCs with Higher Education customers in California for advanced AI solutions.
• Prototype intelligent integrations including autonomous agents and AI workflows.
• Design AI-optimized enterprise architectures for secure data platforms.

Skills

Cloud-native architecture

Executive stakeholder engagement

Public sector experience

Presentation to technical leaders

Cloud infrastructure engineering

Travel up to 30%

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Google Inc. seeks a Customer Engineer for Platform, SLED, Higher Education and Public Sector in California.

You will partner with Technical Sales to differentiate Google Cloud and our Public Sector offerings for R1/R2 universities, designing agentic AI solutions that address complex institutional issues. You will lead PoCs, translate academic requirements into scalable architectures, and engage with educational leaders to implement autonomous AI agents, secure data ecosystems, and AI-powered