Staff Developer Relations Engineer, Cloud and Generative AI

Google; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

20 days of vacation per year

Sick Time: 40 hours/year

Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks

18 weeks Baby Bonding Leave

13 paid holidays per year

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Developer Relations Engineer specializing in Cloud and Generative AI. This role involves collaborating with developers to foster community engagement and improve products through feedback. You will drive developer advocacy and participate in various events to enhance user experiences.

Ideal candidates have substantial technical experience and a strong background in managing cross-functional teams. The position offers a competitive salary range of $192,000 - $279,000 with additional bonuses and equity options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 7 years of experience in a technical role such as software engineering.
• Proven track record in setting technical strategies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for product engagement.
• Lead strategic developer programs and represent external interests.
• Facilitate conferences to gain and share technological insights.

Skills

Technical strategy

Community engagement

Developer advocacy

Coding skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

APIs

Google Cloud

Job description

Staff Developer Relations Engineer, Cloud and Generative AI

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Benefits

Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of work experience in a technical role (e.g., software engineering, solutions consultant, etc.) or equivalent technical experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Proven track record of setting technical strategy for large teams and large projects.

About the job

Passionate people are everywhere at Google. In Developer Relations, we get excited to collaborate and connect with the communities that love technology as much as we do. Part community manager and part developer advocate, Developer Relations Engineers collaborate with developers at conferences and online, and advocate for developers interests internally at Google. Not afraid to write sample code and client libraries as well as participate in developer forums and support queues to troubleshoot and debug coding problems developers encounter. Internally, you work with product engineering teams to improve our products by conveying feedback from developers, reviewing API designs and testing new features. Chrome, Android, App Engine, HTML5 as well as our core Google Applications and Ads APIs are just some of the platforms you promote and support.

With your technical expertise, you drive strategy around fostering a community of developers who work with Google technologies. An ardent advocate for these developers, you represent their voice internally to our Product Managers and serve as their Google support in application development and technology implementation.

As a part of this role, you will help democratize advanced AI and cloud innovation across the Americas by empowering all developer communities, both physical and virtual with frictionless, high-impact technical enablement. You will scale reach and drive cost-effective activations by delivering turnkey, workshop kits, streaming engaging virtual campaigns, and sharing high-quality digital content across various online networks, partner platforms, regional communities and Google developer ecosystem. The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $192000 - $279000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits.

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Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage product engagement and identify user needs.
• Attend or facilitate conferences and events to gain and share insights on user experience and technologies.
• Lead strategic developer programs and act as an authority in the domain.
• Contribute input and feedback on products or programs, and represent the interests of partners to internal stakeholders.

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