Forward Deployed Engineer III, Applied AI — Google Switzerland
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python or C++).
- Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Serve as the delivery lead for conversational AI pilots, taking initial proof-of-value code and refactoring it for production by replacing stubs with secure, real-world integrations.
- Own the delivery of the initial Customer User Journeys (CUJs), ensuring that conversational flows are not just functional, but optimized for (top customer/industry priorities).
- 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python or C++).
Main responsibilities
- Serve as the delivery lead for conversational AI pilots, taking initial proof-of-value code and refactoring it for production by replacing stubs with secure, real-world integrations.
- Own the delivery of the initial Customer User Journeys (CUJs), ensuring that conversational flows are not just functional, but optimized for (top customer/industry priorities).
- Architect and optimize complex agentic workloads, focusing on reasoning loops, tool selection, and reducing latency while maintaining production-grade security and networking.
- Implement critical infrastructure, including rate limiting, error management, and regional failover strategies; develop monitoring systems and alerting dashboards during "Go-Live" windows to ensure stability as traffic scales.
- Architect security perimeters (VPC, IAM, CMEK) to satisfy CISO requirements and optimize RAG strategies to balance latency, accuracy, and cost.
Key requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python or C++).
- 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI-related concepts (language modeling, computer vision).
- 1 year of experience with AI/ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, model optimization, data processing, or debugging).
- Experience developing and deploying multilingual natural language processing models.
Additional details
- Experience connecting agents to enterprise knowledge bases and optimizing RAG chunking to prevent hallucinations.
Notes and original content
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Questions about this listing
What salary does Google Switzerland offer for this role?
Google Switzerland lists CHF 83'000 - 126'000 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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