Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise Context Layer, Agentic Data Cloud

Google

Sunnyvale, California, United States · Kirkland, Washington, United Statesunknown$174,000–$252,000Posted Oct 13, 2026

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in software development and testing or launching

software products.

  • 3 years of experience with software design/architecture.
  • Experience with Generative AI (GenAI) concepts (e.g., Large Language Model

(LLM), multi-modal, large vision models).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience with Knowledge Graph, Ontologies.
  • Experience developing with Generative AI and Large Language Models.
  • Familiarity with open-source AI orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain,

LlamaIndex). Experience with agentic architectures, tool usage, or the Model

Context Protocol (MCP).

  • Background in automated evaluation and benchmarking pipelines
  • Ability to quickly understand customer needs in new domains, and form and

test hypotheses on technical solutions and evaluations to improve model/agent

outcomes to meet needs.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that

change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and

one another. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas,

including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system

design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural

language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every

day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to

Google Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and

our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs

and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. We need our

engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to

take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology

forward.

As Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will be at the forefront of applying

Google's cutting-edge Generative AI to solve real-world issues for our most

strategic customers. You will act as a specialized software engineer embedded

with key accounts, working to build, deploy, and optimize sophisticated AI

agents across our Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience suite and other

emergent enterprise AI solutions.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its

business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage

Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more

sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google

Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical

business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Analyze customer industries and profiles to translate business logic into

functional AI agents.

  • Identify necessary agent skills and APIs, map decision trees, and build

system guardrails to ensure accurate outputs.

  • Build custom skills or integrations to assist customers, and document

successful processes for future standardization.

  • Tune AI agents by providing the appropriate voice, tools, and specific

knowledge base required for specific brands.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze customer industries and profiles to translate business logic into functional AI agents.
  • Identify agent skills and APIs, map decision trees, and build system guardrails.
  • Develop custom skills and integrations, and document successful processes for standardization.
  • Tune AI agents with appropriate voice, tools, and customer-specific knowledge.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 5 years of experience in software development and testing or launching software products.
  • At least 3 years of experience with software design or architecture.
  • Experience with Generative AI concepts, including large language models, multimodal AI, or large vision models.
  • Preferred experience with knowledge graphs, ontologies, Generative AI, and large language models.
  • Preferred familiarity with AI orchestration frameworks, agentic architectures, tool usage, or the Model Context Protocol.
  • Preferred background in automated evaluation and benchmarking pipelines.
  • Ability to understand customer needs, test technical hypotheses, and improve model or agent outcomes.

Benefits

  • 15% target bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Skills mentioned

Generative AILarge Language ModelsAI AgentsLangChainModel Context ProtocolTool CallingRetrieval-Augmented GenerationSystem DesignAPI IntegrationModel Evaluation

About Google

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