Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Cloud Public Sector

Minimum 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 taking production‑grade AI‑driven solutions from conception to launch and architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g., GCP).
• Experience building pipelines for structured and unstructured data using both vector databases and RAG‑like architectures to power enterprise AI solutions.
• Experience leading technical discovery sessions with customers.
• Active, or the ability to obtain, a Security Check (SC) UK security clearance.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in AI, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience implementing multi‑agent systems using frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, CrewAI, ADK) and complex patterns (e.g., ReAct, self‑reflection, hierarchical delegation).
• Experience in a post‑sales or technical consulting delivery function.
• Knowledge of LLM‑native metrics (e.g., tokens/sec, cost‑per‑request) and techniques for optimizing state management and granular tracing.

About the job:

As an AI Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at the company Cloud, you will be the technical engine of our Innovation team, working directly with highly regulated clients to help them transform their operations using advanced AI/ML technologies. You will be an embedded builder who bridges the gap between frontier AI products and production‑grade reality within customers. Unlike traditional advisory roles, you will function as a builder‑consultant, moving beyond high‑level architecture to code, debug, and jointly ship bespoke agentic solutions directly within the customer’s environment. This role is designed for high‑agency engineers with a founder’s mindset. You will manage blocker to production including solving the integration complexities, data readiness issues, and state‑management challenges that prevent AI from reaching enterprise‑grade maturity. By embedding with strategic accounts, you will serve a dual purpose: providing white glove deployment of complex AI systems and acting as a critical feedback loop, transforming real‑world field insights into the company Cloud’s future product roadmap.

The company Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise‑grade solutions that leverage the company’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to the company Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the lead developer for complex AI applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production‑grade agentic workflows (e.g., multi‑agent systems, MCP servers) that drive measurable Return on Investment (ROI).
• Architect and code the connective tissue between the company’s AI products and customer’s live infrastructure, including APIs, legacy data silos, and security perimeters.
• Build high‑performance evaluation (Eval) pipelines and observability frameworks to ensure agentic systems meet requirements for accuracy, safety, and latency.
• Identify repeatable field patterns and technical friction points in the company’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 the company‑grade development best practices, ensuring long‑term project success and high end‑user adoption.

The company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.