Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineer for Enterprise CX

Google; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Sick leave

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead enterprise AI initiatives at customer sites. You will transform rapid prototypes into production-ready, scalable AI solutions and own end-to-end engineering lifecycle from concept to deployment.

You’ll work with client engineers to integrate AI workflows with existing IT systems, ensuring security and reliability while traveling up to 50%. This role sits within Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market team and offers a highly visible impact across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development using Python or similar coding languages.
• Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g., GCP).
• Experience deploying resources via Terraform or similar tools to automate the setup of agents, functions, or networking.
• Experience building full-stack applications that interact with enterprise IT infrastructures and developing external customer projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead developer for conversational AI and CX applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production-grade workflows.
• Architect and code conversational flows optimized for integration between Google’s AI products and customers’ live infrastructure.
• Build high-performance Eval pipelines and observability frameworks to optimize agentic workloads with security and low latency.
• Identify repeatable field patterns and convert them into reusable modules or product feature requests for Engineering teams.
• Co-build with customer engineering teams to instill Google‑grade development best practices and ensure long-term project success.

Skills

Python

AI systems architecture

Full-stack development

Enterprise IT integration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master's/PhD preferred

Tools

Terraform

GCP

ReAct

Job description

Google Cloud is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead enterprise AI initiatives at customer sites. You will transform rapid prototypes into production-ready, scalable AI solutions and own end-to-end engineering lifecycle from concept to deployment.

You’ll work with client engineers to integrate AI workflows with existing IT systems, ensuring security and reliability while traveling up to 50%. This role sits within Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market team and offers a highly visible impact across