senior software engineering Forward Deployed Engineer ic Master's · Posted Jul 3, 2026

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Google is hiring a senior-level Forward Deployed Engineer in the software engineering function based in Zürich, Switzerland. The posting calls out experience with Python, React, GCP, LLMs. Listed education preference: a master's degree or equivalent.

Role
Forward Deployed Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Zürich, Switzerland
Education
Master's degree
Posted
Jul 3, 2026
AI Summary
Embed with enterprise customers to build production-grade AI agentic solutions using Gemini and Vertex AI. Transition prototypes to multi-agent systems, solve integration and data readiness blockers, and provide feedback to Google Cloud's product roadmap. Requires strong software engineering, AI systems expertise, and customer-facing technical consulting experience.

Job description

from Google careers

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) in the Google Cloud Consulting organization, you will be an embedded builder who bridges the gap between frontier AI products and production-grade reality within customers. You will 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. Your 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 issues that prevent AI from reaching enterprise-grade maturity. You will embed with accounts, serve a dual purpose providing white glove deployment of complex AI systems and acting as a critical feedback loop, transforming real-world field insights into Google Cloud’s future product roadmap.It's an exciting time to join Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market team, leading the AI revolution for businesses worldwide. You’ll leverage Google's brand credibility—a legacy built on inventing foundational technologies and proven at scale. We’ll provide you with the world's most advanced AI portfolio, including frontier Gemini models, and the complete Vertex AI platform, helping you to solve business problems. We’re a collaborative culture providing direct access to DeepMind's engineering and research minds, empowering you to solve customer challenges. Join us to be the catalyst for our mission, drive customer success, and define the new cloud era—the market is yours.
<h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul>
<li>Serve as a developer for 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).</li>
<li>Architect and code the connective tissue between Google’s AI products and customer's live infrastructure, including APIs, legacy data silos, and security perimeters as part of an expert team.</li>
<li>Build high-performance evaluation pipelines and observability frameworks to ensure agentic systems meet requirements for accuracy, safety, and latency.</li>
<li>Identify repeatable field patterns and friction points in Google’s AI stack, converting them into reusable modules or formal product feature requests for the Engineering teams.</li><li>Co-build with partner’s engineering teams to instill Google-grade development best practices, ensuring project success and high end-user adoption and scale impact through assets and scaled technical events, such as scaled and bespoke partner hackathons.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Minimum qualifications:</h3><ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.</li>
<li>8 years of experience with software development using Python or similar coding languages.</li>
<li>Experience building pipelines for structured and unstructured data using both vector databases and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-like architectures to power enterprise AI solutions.</li>
<li>Experience taking production-grade AI-driven solutions from conception to launch, and architecting AI systems on cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform).</li>
<li>Experience leading technical discovery sessions with customers.</li>
<li>Ability to communicate in French or German fluently as this is a customer-facing role that requires interactions in French or German with local stakeholders.</li>
</ul><br><h3>Preferred qualifications:</h3><ul>
<li>Master’s degree or PhD in AI, Computer Science, or a related technical field.</li>
<li>Experience implementing multi-agent systems using frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, CrewAI, ADK) and complex patterns (e.g., ReAct, self-reflection, hierarchical delegation).</li>
<li>Experience in a post-sales or technical consulting delivery function.</li>
<li>Knowledge of Large Language Model (LLM) native metrics (e.g., tokens/sec, cost-per-request) and techniques for optimizing state management and granular tracing.</li><li>Excellent communication skills, and proven experience enabling technical teams on Agentic AI, at scale.</li>
</ul>

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