The Customer Engineer III role at Google Cloud focuses on partnering with technical sales teams to provide innovative cloud solutions to customers. This position requires a deep understanding of cloud native architecture and the ability to engage with technical stakeholders. The engineer will serve as a trusted advisor, addressing customer challenges and architecting cross-pillar cloud solutions. The role emphasizes driving technical wins and developing long-term strategies to enhance customer relationships.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience with cloud engineering, on-premise engineering, virtualization, or containerization platforms.
• Experience engaging with, or presenting to, technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Experience in programming languages, debugging, systems design, prototyping, demos, or customer workshops.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time as needed.

• Develop and own the technical account plan and strategy, participating in planning and supporting targeted sales motions.
• Combine sales, programming, and solutions architecture expertise to prove the value of Google Cloud Platform through complex demos, pilots, and in-depth workshops.
• Architect cross-pillar solutions, drive technical wins, and define initial delivery plans for customers.
• Facilitate the post-sales transition by supporting pricing activities and transitioning the final delivery plan to implementation teams.
• Maintain awareness of progress against the delivery plan, providing support to cross-functional teams during ramp, delivery, migration, or implementation phases.

• Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.