Forward Deployed Engineer V, Generative AI, Google Cloud
This posting has since been taken down. We keep it because a closed requisition still proves Google created and funded this role — it is not a sign the company stopped hiring for it.
- Employer
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA · Atlanta, GA, USA · Austin, TX, USA · Chicago, IL, USA · New York, NY, USA · Reston, VA, USA · Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience asked for
- 8+ years
- Pay band
- $262K – $365K
- Team
- IC Engineer
When we saw it
- First seen 2026-07-01 — the first scan of ours that found it
- Last seen open 2026-07-01
- Gone by 2026-07-27 — the first scan that no longer found it
- Archived 2026-07-01 — when we saved this copy
Found via Google Careers.
From the posting
As a GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) in the Google Cloud Consulting organization, you are an embedded builder who bridges the gap between frontier AI products and production-grade reality within customers. Unlike traditional advisory roles, you function as an "innovator-builder," moving beyond high-level architecture to code, debug, and jointly ship bespoke agentic solutions directly within the customer’s environment. This role is designed for high-agency engineers with a founder’s mindset. You will address blockers to production including solving the integration complexities, data readiness issues, and state-management challenges that prevent AI from reaching enterprise-grade maturity. …
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What this tells you about the FDE role
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