Remote GenAI Delivery Engineer for Education & SLED

Nelnet; Burleson (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

HSA and FSA

401K + student loan repayment

Life and AD&D insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Nelnet seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge GenAI delivery with higher education and SLED clients. You will scope solutions on the Gemini Enterprise Platform, translate requirements into deliverable backlogs, and work with Engagement Managers to ensure successful deployments.

Role requires strong technical discovery, compliance awareness (FERPA, privacy laws), and cross-functional collaboration with GCP/Gemini and data engineers.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience scoping and delivering GenAI/agentic AI solutions for enterprise or institutional clients.
• Experience with Gemini Enterprise Platform preferred; other GenAI delivery experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery with client stakeholders, translating pain points into scoped use cases on Gemini Enterprise Platform.
• Define technical scope, success criteria, and delivery timelines with the Engagement Manager.
• Build and maintain the delivery backlog with the engineering team, prioritizing items by timelines and dependencies.
• Ensure solutions meet acceptance criteria and act as the quality gate before engagement completion.
• Identify and surface compliance requirements (FERPA, state data privacy, accessibility) early in design.
• Advise clients on realistic AI adoption paths considering data readiness and staff capacity.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure deliverables are technically grounded and achievable.

Skills

GenAI delivery

Enterprise solutions

Client discovery

Requirements gathering

Technical scoping

Backlog management

Cross-functional collaboration

GCP/Gemini familiarity

Tools

Gemini Enterprise Platform

Google Cloud

Workspace Studio

Model Garden

Job description

Nelnet seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge GenAI delivery with higher education and SLED clients. You will scope solutions on the Gemini Enterprise Platform, translate requirements into deliverable backlogs, and work with Engagement Managers to ensure successful deployments.

Role requires strong technical discovery, compliance awareness (FERPA, privacy laws), and cross-functional collaboration with GCP/Gemini and data engineers.