Senior AI Deployment Engineer – Forward Deployed

Google; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 183,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google Cloud’s Forward Deployed Engineering team is seeking an AI Outcome Customer Engineer III to bridge pre-sales and post-sales work, driving enterprise AI deployments and reliable integrations across customer data pipelines. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering to ensure scalable architectures and long-term viability.

Based in Chicago, IL, or other U.S. hubs, you’ll lead technical evaluations, design enterprise-grade AI solutions, and translate field feedback into

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience troubleshooting technical issues for internal/external partners or customers.
• Experience in either system design or reading code (e.g., Java, C++, Python).

Responsibilities

• Partner with account teams and practice Customer Engineers during technical evaluation phases to assess project feasibility, shape proposals for long-term adoption, and validate FDE engagement requests.
• Lead upfront technical design for enterprise-grade AI solutions, ensuring seamless and secure integration of models, agents, and connectors into existing customer data pipelines, identity providers, and compliance boundaries.
• Dive into code-level context to diagnose and resolve complex customer implementation issues, identify core product bugs, and test workarounds to clear execution roadblocks.
• Serve as the definitive liaison to core Product and Engineering teams, troubleshooting systemic deployment blockers and translating real-world field feedback into actionable feature requests.
• Steer implementation strategy through technical authority and architectural foresight while owning the technical reality of delivery alongside customer-facing teams.

Job description

Google Cloud’s Forward Deployed Engineering team is seeking an AI Outcome Customer Engineer III to bridge pre-sales and post-sales work, driving enterprise AI deployments and reliable integrations across customer data pipelines. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering to ensure scalable architectures and long-term viability.

Based in Chicago, IL, or other U.S. hubs, you’ll lead technical evaluations, design enterprise-grade AI solutions, and translate field feedback into