Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineer, Public Sector

Google Inc.; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Public Sector is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer IV to join the GPS FDE team in Reston, VA. You will own outcomes, lead complex AI deployments, and collaborate with customers to deploy secure, production-ready agentic workflows.

Expect to code alongside customers, navigate data sovereignty and security constraints, and accelerate the safe adoption of generative AI across mission-critical environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development using Python or similar coding languages.
• Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g. Google Cloud Platform (GCP)).
• Experience building pipelines for structured and unstructured data using both vector databases and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-like architectures to power enterprise AI solutions.
• Experience leading technical discovery sessions with customers.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a developer for complex AI applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production-grade agentic workflows that drive measurable ROI.
• Architect and code the connective tissue between Google’s AI products and customer's live infrastructure, including APIs, legacy data silos, and security perimeters.
• Build high-performance evaluation pipelines and observability frameworks to ensure agentic systems meet rigorous requirements for accuracy, safety, and latency.
• Identify repeatable field patterns and friction points in Google’s AI stack, converting them into reusable modules or formal product feature requests for the Engineering teams.
• Co-build with Customer Engineering teams to instill Google-grade development best practices, ensuring long-term project success and high end-user adoption.

Skills

Python

AI systems

Cloud architecture

Data pipelines

Stakeholder influence

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or CS

Master's degree or PhD in related field

Tools

LangGraph

CrewAI

ADK

Vertex AI Pipelines

Kubeflow

MLflow

BigQuery

Job description

Google Public Sector is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer IV to join the GPS FDE team in Reston, VA. You will own outcomes, lead complex AI deployments, and collaborate with customers to deploy secure, production-ready agentic workflows.

Expect to code alongside customers, navigate data sovereignty and security constraints, and accelerate the safe adoption of generative AI across mission-critical environments.