Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Cloud

Google Google · Big Tech · Singapore

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) focused on building and deploying bespoke agentic AI solutions within customer environments using Google Cloud's AI products. The role involves coding, debugging, integrating AI systems, addressing production blockers, and building evaluation/observability pipelines. It also acts as a feedback loop to product teams and involves co-building with customer teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as a developer for complex AI applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production-grade agentic workflows (e.g., multi-agent systems, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers) that drive measurable Return on Investment (ROI).
  2. Architect and code the connective tissue between Google’s AI products and customer's live infrastructure, including Application Programming Interface (APIs), legacy data silos, and security perimeters as part of an expert team.
  3. Build high-performance evaluation pipelines and observability frameworks to ensure agentic systems meet rigorous requirements for accuracy, safety, and latency.
  4. Identify repeatable field patterns and friction points in Google’s AI stack, converting them into reusable modules or formal product feature requests for engineering teams. Be able to co-build with customer engineering teams to instill Google-grade development best practices, ensuring long-term project success and high end-user adoption.

Skills

Required

  • software development using Python
  • architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform (GCP))
  • building pipelines for structured and unstructured data
  • vector databases
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-like architectures
  • taking production-grade Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions from conception to launch

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree or PhD in AI, Computer Science, or a related technical field
  • implementing multi-agent systems using frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, CrewAI, Agent Development Kit (ADK))
  • complex patterns (e.g., ReAct, self-reflection, hierarchical delegation)
  • leading technical discovery sessions
  • Large Language Models (LLM)-native metrics (e.g., tokens/sec, cost-per-request)
  • techniques for optimizing state management
  • granular tracing

What the JD emphasized

  • production-grade
  • agentic solutions
  • production
  • enterprise-grade maturity
  • production-grade agentic workflows
  • live infrastructure
  • high-performance evaluation pipelines
  • observability frameworks
  • production-grade Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions

Other signals

  • building bespoke agentic solutions
  • addressing blockers to production
  • providing white glove deployment
  • acting as a critical feedback loop
  • architect and code the connective tissue
  • build high-performance evaluation pipelines and observability frameworks