The Customer Engineer III, Platform role at Google Cloud involves partnering with technical sales teams to provide tailored cloud solutions for customers. This position focuses on understanding customer needs and architecting cross-pillar cloud solutions to address their business challenges. The role requires a blend of technical expertise and strong communication skills to engage with both technical and business leaders. As part of a rapidly growing team, you will help shape the future of businesses using Google Cloud technology.

• 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 25% of the time.

• 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 show the value of Google Cloud Platform across the portfolio 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.