The Forward Deployed Engineer for Higher Education at Google Public Sector is part of a team that rapidly deploys secure AI solutions across federal and educational environments. This role focuses on building production-grade AI applications and addressing complex integration and security challenges. Engineers in this position actively collaborate with customers to ensure successful implementation and adoption of AI technologies. The team operates with a startup mindset, emphasizing hands-on coding and problem-solving.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience building and shipping production-grade AI-driven solutions using Python, TypeScript, or comparable languages.
• Experience building scalable pipelines for structured and unstructured data, incorporating vector databases and RAG-like architectures.
• Experience leading technical discovery sessions with executive stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Experience architecting scalable AI systems on cloud platforms.

• Serve as a developer for complex AI applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production-grade workflows.
• Architect and code the integration between Google’s AI products and customer infrastructure, including APIs and security perimeters.
• Build high-performance evaluation pipelines and observability frameworks for agentic systems.
• Identify patterns and friction points in Google’s AI stack and convert them into reusable modules or product feature requests.
• Co-build with customer engineering teams to instill Google-grade development best practices.

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