Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Generative AI, Google Cloud

About the role

As a Manager of a Generative AI (GenAI) Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team, you will lead AI/ML engineers who bridge the gap between frontier AI products and production-grade reality within customers. You are responsible for a team that doesn't just consult, but codes, debugs and jointly deploys bespoke agentic solutions directly within customer environments.

What you'll do

• Serve as the technical lead, establishing code standards, architectural best practices, and benchmarks to elevate engineering excellence across the team
• Partner with sales and tech Leadership to define requirements for high-value opportunities, deploying specialized experts (MLOps, GenMedia
• Lead technical hiring for FDE, evaluating AI/ML expertise, systems engineering, and coding skills to build an exceptional engineering team
• Identify skill gaps in emerging tech (MCP, tool-calling, and foundation models), ensuring the team maintains subject matter expertise in an evolving AI stack
• Collaborate with product and engineering to resolve blockers and translate field insights into road maps while building internal tools to drive organizational efficiency

What you need

• 8–14 yrs of experience
• LLMs
• GCP
• Python
• Machine learning
• MLOps
• Go-to-market
• B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or PhD or M.Tech or MCA

Good to have

• C