Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$207,000–$300,000
View job →FDE jobs at Google
Google's FDE postings focus on taking AI products into customer production environments through Applied AI, partner, and GenMedia work.
Public · About 5,000+ people
24 postings, 20 new in the last 30 days19 metrosmedian posted base $213,000Careers at Google ↗read
24 open FDE roles at Google
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
View job →$207,000–$300,000
View job →Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
Pittsburgh, PA · New York, NY · Austin, TX +1Pittsburgh, PA +3
$174,000–$252,000
2 postings
- Pittsburgh, PA · 8d ago · $174,000–$252,000View job →
- New York, NY · Austin, TX · +7 more · 2mo ago · $174,000–$252,000View job →
$207,000–$300,000
View job →Show 18 more titles (18 postings)
Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreMountain View, CA +3
$152,000–$221,000
View job →Forward Deployed Engineer, State and Local Government, Google Public Sector
New York, NY · Reston, VANew York, NY +1
$207,000–$300,000
View job →Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
View job →Forward Deployed Engineer, Kaggle, DeepMind (Fixed-Term Contract)
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$232,000
View job →Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +9 moreSeattle, WA +10
$207,000–$300,000
View job →Forward Deployed Engineering Intern, BS/MS, Summer 2027
Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSunnyvale, CA +2
$98,000–$131,000
View job →Pay not posted
View job →Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, Technical Delivery, Google Public Sector
Reston, VA · Washington, DCReston, VA +1
$174,000–$252,000
View job →AI Customer and Partner Solutions Engineer, Cloud Applied AI
Kirkland, WA · Sunnyvale, CAKirkland, WA +1
$183,000–$265,000
View job →Senior AI/ML Engineer, Cloud AI Research
Mountain View, CA
$174,000–$252,000
View job →Customer Solutions Engineer
Austin, TX
$127,000–$183,000
View job →Staff Research Engineer, Applied AI, DeepMind
Mountain View, CA
$207,000–$300,000
View job →Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager II, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$262,000–$364,000
View job →Integrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer III, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +6 moreChicago, IL +7
$183,000–$265,000
View job →Integrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer II, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +6 moreNew York, NY +7
$152,000–$221,000
View job →Builds for teams inside the company
Lead GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer, YouTube GTM Operations
San Bruno, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Bruno, CA +2
$186,000–$269,000
View job →Builds for teams inside the company
AI Tooling Technical Solutions Consultant, GSRS Security Systems and Technology
Sunnyvale, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSunnyvale, CA +6
$152,000–$221,000
View job →Builds for teams inside the company
Technical Solutions Consultant, Global Security Systems and Technology Applied Data and AI Solutions
Boulder, CO · Austin, TX · +3 moreBoulder, CO +4
$152,000–$221,000
View job →18 of 24 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it.
Compare these roles with pay ranges at other US FDE employers.
How Google describes FDE work
Google Cloud and Applied AI postings describe production software in an external customer's environment. Applied AI work integrates Google AI products with enterprise infrastructure, builds evaluation and observability pipelines, and turns repeated deployment problems into reusable modules or product requests.
Mention travel
How often postings mention travel
0% of postings · US 42%
Well below average
Senior or staff level
Senior-level responsibility or above
96% of postings · US 94%
About average
Require production code
Postings that involve writing production code
91% of postings · US 80%
Above average
Remote allowed
Not enough postings say
Work for external customers
Work done for people outside the company
87% of postings · US 86%
About average
Include pre-sales work
Evaluation or proposal work before a deal
17% of postings · US 24%
Below average
0%50%100%
Google’s postings mention travel far less often than the US average (0% vs 42%) and describe production code more often (91% vs 80%).
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Pay at Google
Median posted base $213,000 · US senior FDE median $190,000
From 23 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. Compare pay across all Google postings →
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