The Customer Engineer II, Platform role at Google Cloud focuses on partnering with sales teams to provide technical leadership and solutions for customers. This position involves understanding customer business issues and translating them into scalable, cloud-native solutions. The role requires a blend of sales, programming, and solutions architecture expertise to demonstrate the value of Google Cloud Platform. The engineer will also be responsible for driving technical wins and expanding Google Cloud adoption within customer accounts.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 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.

• Develop and own the technical account plan and strategy, participating in planning and supporting 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.