> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, Technical Delivery, Google Public Sector Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9e8b8c7a221512b Google posts a senior FDE role to build what the customer runs in Reston, VA and 1 more, at $174,000–$252,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Designs and deploys AI and agentic systems for national security, public sector, and high-assurance missions, including air-gapped and sovereign environments. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) First seen Nov 4, 2026 · open on Google careers as of Nov 8, 2026 **$174,000–$252,000** *annualized* Reston, VA +1 Designs and deploys AI and agentic systems for national security, public sector, and high-assurance missions, including air-gapped and sovereign environments. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fa9e8b8c7a221512b&placement=top) - [View posting at Google](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/101070016840901318) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $174K–$252K Above the median Midpoint $213K · median $190K This job $174K to $252K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. [Compare pay across all Google postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/google) ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** software engineering in Python, Go, or C++ Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Reston, VA · Washington, DC. Could you work in one of these? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. 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You will specialize in developing autonomous agentic systems, building custom test and evaluation harnesses, and implementing cybersecurity capabilities within air-gapped, sovereign, and disconnected cloud environments. In this role, you will embed directly with customer technical teams to size, architect, and deliver scalable mission solutions while serving as a versatile technical leader across the broader delivery portfolio.Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google. ### Responsibilities - Design and deploy autonomous agent frameworks using RAG, multi-agent coordination, and custom evaluation harnesses to monitor model accuracy and drift. - Productionize high-throughput AI integrations for threat intelligence, incident response, and zero-trust cybersecurity workflows. - Engineer air-gapped and sovereign cloud AI deployments adhering to strict defense and security compliance frameworks (e.g., FedRAMP High). - Optimize model execution, local caching, and containerized runtimes for restricted hardware and bare-metal environments. - Embed with technical stakeholders to translate mission needs into modular AI solutions and mentor teams on system sustainment. ### Qualifications ### Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. - 5 years of software engineering experience in Python, Go, or C++, and experience with systems architecture. - Experience with LLM orchestration, embeddings, vector search, and agent frameworks. - Experience working in a cybersecurity domain (e.g., security engineering, threat detection and response, vulnerability research, or cyber operations) and with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes.). - Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph. ### Preferred qualifications: - Experience acting as a forward-deployed engineer or technical consultant in mission environments. - Experience with Model Context Protocol servers, Representational State Transfer application programming interfaces, and Google AD or similar libraries. - Proven ability to interface directly with technical clients to scope and deliver software projects. 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