--- title: AI Outcome Customer Engineer II, Forward Deployed description: Google is hiring for the AI Outcome Customer Engineer II, Forward Deployed Engineering role in Chicago, IL. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/ai-outcome-customer-engineer-ii-forward-deployed-engineering-at-google-01a16975-e2f3-7fd4-95f4-81385f05d118 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Google as AI Outcome Customer Engineer II, Forward Deployed Engineering in Chicago, IL. Pays $152K–$221K per year. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/0jsv8z.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Austin, TX | | **Salary** | $152K/yr - $221K/yr | | **Posted** | Oct 23, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Google sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 9,179 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Google. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $187,000 – $227,000 a year (median $209,000). ## Description As an AI Outcome Customer Engineer in our go-to-market (GTM) AI Tech organization, you will work as an enterprise architect, technical debugger, engineering liaison and technical delivery manager. You will bridge the gap between pre-sales agreement shaping and post-sales execution. Entering the agreement cycle during the technical evaluation phase for strategic AI accounts, you will ensure that solutions are shaped strictly through the lens of adoption, rapid activation, and viable delivery. Aligned with our Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) organization, you will architect how these technical assets actually integrate into the customer's IT ecosystem (connectors, identity, data residency, legal constraints). It's an exciting time to join Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market team, leading the AI revolution for businesses worldwide. You’ll excel by leveraging 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. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $152000 - $221000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about [benefits at Google](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/). - Partner with account teams and practice Customer Engineers (CEs) during technical evaluation phases to assess project feasibility, shape proposals for long-term adoption, and validate FDE engagement requests. - Lead upfront technical design for enterprise-grade AI solutions, ensuring seamless and secure integration of models, agents, and connectors into existing customer data pipelines, identity providers, and compliance boundaries. - Dive into code-level context to diagnose and resolve complex customer implementation issues, identify core product bugs, and test workarounds to clear execution roadblocks. - Serve as the definitive liaison to core Product and Engineering teams, troubleshooting systemic deployment blockers and translating real-world field feedback into actionable feature requests. - Steer implementation strategy through technical authority and architectural foresight while owning the technical reality of delivery alongside customer-facing teams. ### Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. - 5 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role. - Experience with technical delivery strategies and interfacing with product or engineering organizations. - Experience in either system design or reading code (e.g., Java, C++, Python). - Experience in system design or orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI). - Experience with enterprise integrations (APIs, enterprise content management (ECMs), identity), Cloud infrastructure, or AI/ML model deployments. ### Preferred qualifications: - Experience diving deep into novel technical problems, deciphering ambiguity, diagnosing bugs, and emerging with credible architectural solutions. - Experience orchestrating specialized technical resources to execute complex builds. - Experience engaging with, presenting to, and influencing technical stakeholders or executive leaders. - Excellent executive communication skills, capable of translating deep technical integration issues into business impact. - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. - 5 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role. - Experience with technical delivery strategies and interfacing with product or engineering organizations. - Experience in either system design or reading code (e.g., Java, C++, Python). - Experience in system design or orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI). - Experience with enterprise integrations (APIs, enterprise content management (ECMs), identity), Cloud infrastructure, or AI/ML model deployments. ## Skills - Technical Delivery Management - Influencing - Content Management - Systems Design - Software Deployment - Python - Cloud Architecture - LangGraph - Climbing Equipment - Microsoft AutoGen - Presentation Skills - C++ - CrewAI - Identity And Access Management - Diagnostics - Cloud Infrastructure - Systems Integration - Executive Communication - Machine Learning - Java - Data Pipeline ## Related - [More jobs at Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) - 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