Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Generative AI, Google Cloud — Google Switzerland
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 6 days ago
Role overview
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience as a sales engineer or technical consultant in a cloud computing environment or in a customer-facing role.
- Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 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, or Agentic systems) to key accounts.
- Experience in Python or a similar coding language.
Main responsibilities
- 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, or Agentic systems) to key accounts.
- 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 ( model context protocol (MCP), tool-calling, and foundation models), ensuring the team maintains subject matter expertise in an evolving AI stack.
Key requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience in Python or a similar coding language.
- Experience developing AI/GenAI solutions utilizing AI tools, or designing multi-agent workflows or RAG systems.
Company and context
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to resolve blockers and translate field insights into roadmaps while building internal tools to drive organizational efficiency.
Additional details
- Experience performing discovery interviews to identify business problems and translate complex hardware/AI constraints for C-suites and technical teams.
Notes and original content
- About the job
- Responsibilities
Questions about this listing
What salary does Google Switzerland offer for this role?
Google Switzerland lists CHF 101'500 - 154'000 gross per year for this position in Zürich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Google Switzerland offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Google Switzerland during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
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