Deloitte

Senior Google Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS

Deloitte$155K — $306K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or Engineering.
  • Active Google Associate Data Practitioner or Associate Cloud Engineer certification.
  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, or analytics engineering.
  • 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI-powered solutions.
  • 1+ years of experience with Google Cloud or Google AI technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Engage directly with clients to identify business needs and develop GenAI solutions.
  • Collaborate with leaders and engineers to ensure project alignment and successful delivery.
  • Lead working sessions to shape client solutions and outcomes.
  • Prototype AI solutions using industry knowledge and emerging technologies.
  • Mentor junior team members while contributing to team projects and overall goals.

Benefits

  • Broad range of employee benefits at Deloitte.
  • Opportunities for professional development and certifications.
  • Flexible work arrangements and travel opportunities.
  • Supportive work culture focused on inclusion and diversity.
Full Job Description
Work you'll do

As a Senior Google FDE, you will work side by side with senior functional and technical client team members to rapidly prototype and deliver high-impact GenAI-enabled solutions. This requires a highly motivated practitioner who moves with speed and precision, building working software, engaging confidently with senior stakeholders and engineers to bring measurable business impact from day one. Additional responsibilities include:

Client Engagement:
  • Embed with clients to identify business needs and translate high-value GenAI use cases into solutions.
  • Partner with leaders, product owners, architects, and engineers to align priorities and delivery.
  • Lead working sessions to shape solutions and drive client outcomes.
  • Prototype and deliver working AI solutions using industry expertise and emerging capabilities.
  • Contribute independently within an FDE pod while mentoring newer team members.
  • Coach client teams and end users on platform capabilities and AI enablement, while building trusted relationships, managing expectations, and supporting long-term engagement success.
  • Drive end-to-end sales and delivery support by developing demos/POCs, contributing to proposals and orals, articulating business value, and documenting solutions for smooth client handoff and knowledge transfer.
  • Strengthen team and organizational impact by mentoring other FDEs through design/code reviews and feedback, while contributing reusable components to intellectual capital.
Solution Engineering:
  • Build AI-enabled solutions, agentic platforms, and workflows across enterprise AI platforms.
  • Develop scalable AI engineering patterns, tool-use approaches, and human-in-the-loop controls.
  • Apply architecture decisions that balance quality, safety, latency, cost, and model risk.
  • Deliver production-quality code using strong practices in testing, CI/CD, logging, versioning, and documentation.
  • Design extensible functionality, support sprint sizing, and align solutions with senior team members.
  • Contribute reusable assets including code, prompt libraries, runbooks, and reference implementations.
A successful candidate would possess these skills:
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others
The team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our AI & Data offering provides a full spectrum of solutions for designing, developing, and operating cutting-edge Data and AI platforms, products, insights, and services. Our offerings help clients innovate, enhance and operate their data, AI, and analytics capabilities, ensuring they can mature and scale effectively with organizational intelligence programs and differentiated strategies to win in their chosen markets.

Qualifications

Required:
  • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Data Science, or Engineering
  • Active Google Associate Data Practitioner or Associate Cloud Engineer certification
  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, or analytics engineering, including 3+ years of experience building reliable, maintainable, and documented code
  • 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI or large language model-powered solutions in client or production environments
  • 1+ years of experience with Google Cloud or Google artificial intelligence technologies, including hands-on experience with at least one of the following: Gemini API, Vertex AI Agent Builder, Grounding, or Google Workspace integration
  • 1+ years of experience leading project workstreams or engagements and translating business problems into AI solutions; ability to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance
  • Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Preferred:
  • Professional level Google Certification
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud and platform services including storage, compute, identity and access management, and networking
  • Experience working directly with client technical teams and program stakeholders in delivery environments
  • Experience with Spark, Airflow, dbt, streaming, data modeling, feature engineering, experimentation, or model evaluation
  • Experience with machine learning operations or large language model operations practices, including evaluation frameworks, model monitoring, and prompt management
  • Experience integrating large language model solutions with enterprise systems using application programming interfaces, microservices, or event-driven architectures
  • Familiarity with security, privacy, or compliance requirements
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $155,600 to $306,800.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Benefits

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits. Learn more about what working at Deloitte can mean for you.

About Deloitte

Deloitte is a multinational professional services network that provides audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services. The company was founded in London in 1845 and has since grown to become one of the largest professional services firms in the world. Deloitte has over 330,000 employees in more than 150 countries and territories. The company's mission is to help clients achieve their goals and make an impact that matters in their businesses and communities.
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