Forward Deployed Engineer III, Google Cloud, Applied AI

Google

Seattle, WA

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Adobe Acrobat, Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Computer Science, Customer Acquisition, Customer Experience, Customer/Client Research, Debugging Skills, Develop and Maintain Customers, Device Drivers, English Language, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Genetics, Identify Issues, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Knowledge Base, Machine Learning, Machining Operations, Microservices, Performance Analysis, Performance Reviews, Problem Solving Skills, Prototyping, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Rapid Prototyping, React.js, Recruiting/Staffing Agency, Regulatory Requirements, Shallow Parsing, Software Development, Software Engineering, Stock Purchase Plans, System Architecture, Team Player, Technical Delivery, Technical Leadership, Technical Support, Time Tracking, Willing to Travel

LOCATION

Seattle, WA

POSTED

30+ days ago

Forward Deployed Engineer III, Google Cloud, Applied AI _corporate_fare_ Google _place_ San Francisco, CA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; +24 more; +23 more **Mid** Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area. _info_outline_ XThe application window will be open until at least June 4, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date. This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus. Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. 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 Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: **San Francisco, CA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Addison, TX, USA; Detroit, MI, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Miami, FL, USA; New York, NY, USA; Portland, OR, USA; Reston, VA, USA; San Diego, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Houston, TX, USA; Madison, WI, USA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Raleigh, NC, USA; Durham, NC, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA** . **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 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. **Preferred qualifications:** + Master's degree or PhD in AI, Computer Science, or a related technical field. + Experience implementing multi-agent systems using frameworks like ReAct and self-reflection. + Experience debugging Agent logic and optimizing tool selection, including tracing conversation IDs across microservices to identify and resolve failures in real-time. + Experience connecting agents to enterprise knowledge bases and optimizing RAG chunking to prevent hallucinations. + Ability to travel up to 50% of the time. + Track record of troubleshooting live, high-traffic systems during critical windows. **About the job** As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) in Applied AI, you are the "Agent Engineer" and the primary driver for our customers' most critical AI initiatives. You take initial conversational prototypes and transform them into production-ready solutions, owning the end-to-end engineering lifecycle, including the transition from "Art of the Possible" to real-world business value and scalable, secure AI systems. This is a high-travel, high-impact role focused on leading technical delivery for Conversational AI pilots and establishing the first Customer User Journeys (CUJs) for our largest customers at their sites. This role requires an understanding of software engineering, machine learning operations, and cloud infrastructure. It's an exciting time to join Google Cloud's Go-To-Market team, leading the AI revolution for businesses worldwide. You'll excel by leveraging Google's brand credibility-a legacy built on inventing foundational technologies and proven at scale. We'll provide you with the world's most advanced AI portfolio, including frontier Gemini models, and the complete Vertex AI platform, helping you to solve business problems. We're a collaborative culture providing direct access to DeepMind's engineering and research minds, empowering you to solve customer challenges. Join us to be the catalyst for our mission, drive customer success, and define the new cloud era-the market is yours.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $174000 - $253000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) . **Responsibilities** + Serve as the lead developer for conversational artificial intelligence (AI) and customer experience (CX) applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production-grade agentic workflows. + Architect and code conversational flows that are not just functional, but optimized for the "connective tissue" between Google's Conversational AI products and customers' live infrastructure, including APIs, legacy data silos, and security perimeters. + Build high-performance evaluation (Eval) pipelines and observability frameworks to optimize agentic workloads, focusing on reasoning loops, tool selection, and reducing latency while maintaining production-grade security and networking. + Identify repeatable field patterns and technical "friction points" in Google's AAI stack, converting them into reusable modules or product feature requests for 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. Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google'sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (./privacy-policy) . Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) . If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) . Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting. To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right. Google 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. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.

About the Company

Google

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It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

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COMPANY SIZE

10,000 employees or more

INDUSTRY

Other/Not Classified

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria

FOUNDED

1998

WEBSITE

https://goo.gle/4dbno6V

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