As a Customer Engineer at Google, you will partner with technical sales teams to enhance Google Cloud offerings for higher education institutions. Your focus will be on designing innovative AI solutions that address complex challenges faced by universities and colleges. You will leverage your technical expertise to engage with educational leaders and translate their needs into effective architectures. This role requires strong communication skills and a commitment to driving digital transformation in the public sector.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with cloud-native architecture in a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience engaging with and presenting to technical stakeholders and executive leaders.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure engineering, on-premise environments, virtualization, or containerization platforms.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time to university campuses and related events.

• Collaborate with the Sales team to uncover and qualify Google Cloud and AI-first opportunities.
• Lead the technical relationship with premier Higher Education customers in California.
• Demonstrate and rapidly prototype intelligent integrations within customer environments.
• Design and recommend AI-optimized enterprise architectures and integration strategies.

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