Remote GenAI Delivery Engineer for Higher Ed

Nelnet; Jackson (MS); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Nelnet is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge the company’s GenAI delivery team with higher education and SLED institutions. You will translate requirements into scoped delivery backlogs and coordinate with the Engagement Manager to ensure technical success on the Gemini Enterprise Platform.

The role demands strong experience in GenAI delivery, Google Cloud deployments, and cross-functional collaboration, with a focus on FERPA/data privacy compliance and risk management.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience scoping and delivering GenAI/agentic AI solutions for enterprise or institutional clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery with client stakeholders, translating pain points into scoped, deliverable use cases on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
• Run requirements-gathering sessions to define technical scope, success criteria, and delivery timelines in coordination with the Engagement Manager.
• Build and maintain the delivery backlog, converting client requirements into clear, sequenced work for the GCP/Gemini Enterprise Engineer, Data Engineer, and AgentOps Engineer.
• Prioritize backlog items against client timelines, contract commitments, and technical dependencies.
• Identify and surface technical and data compliance requirements (e.g., FERPA) early in the design process.
• Ensure solution designs account for institutional compliance obligations.

Skills

GenAI delivery

Gemini Enterprise Platform

Google Cloud

Solution scoping

Client-facing

FERPA compliance

SLED domain

Backlog management

Data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Gemini Enterprise Platform

Google Cloud

Job description

Nelnet is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge the company’s GenAI delivery team with higher education and SLED institutions. You will translate requirements into scoped delivery backlogs and coordinate with the Engagement Manager to ensure technical success on the Gemini Enterprise Platform.

The role demands strong experience in GenAI delivery, Google Cloud deployments, and cross-functional collaboration, with a focus on FERPA/data privacy compliance and risk management.