> 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. # AI Outcome Customer Engineer III, Forward Deployed Engineering Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9ad80319ba4941d Google posts a FDE role to integrate and configure the product in Chicago, IL and 7 more, at $183,000–$265,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Leads technical design and delivery strategy for enterprise AI deployments, bridging early evaluation with post-sales execution in Google Cloud’s Forward Deployed Engineering organization. Read from the employer’s posting on November 9, 2026. - [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) First seen Nov 3, 2026 · open on Google careers as of Nov 9, 2026 **$183,000–$265,000** *annualized* Chicago, IL +7 Leads technical design and delivery strategy for enterprise AI deployments, bridging early evaluation with post-sales execution in Google Cloud’s Forward Deployed Engineering organization. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fe9ad80319ba4941d&placement=top) - [View posting at Google](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/92392997492007622) 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 $183K–$265K Above the median Midpoint $224K · median $190K This job $183K to $265K. 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 Integrates and configures it Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations (not covered) - **Coding**: Configuration only - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **7+ years** Troubleshooting technical issues for internal or external partners or customers ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 7+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +6 more. Could you work in one of these? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA ## More like this [Figma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/figma) ### [Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/920ea649ea394e40) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 2mo ago $140,000–$296,000 [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) ### [Partner Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42c89791e06624ee) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Fireblocks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireblocks) ### [Solutions Architect, AMER](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a757e712ea601ce8) New York, NY 3mo ago $147,000–$268,000 - [Other jobs at Google (23)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ## The job description from Google ### About the job As an AI Outcome Customer Engineer in Forward Deployed Engineering, you will bridge the gap between pre-sales agreement shaping and post-sales execution. Aligned with our Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) organization, you will steer AI deployments, ensuring solutions are built for long-term viability, rapid activation, and enterprise-grade reliability. Application Instructions: It's an exciting time to join Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market team, leading the AI revolution for businesses worldwide. You’ll excel by leveraging Google's brand credibility—a legacy built on inventing foundational technologies and proven at scale. We’ll provide you with the world's most advanced AI portfolio, including frontier Gemini models, and the complete Vertex AI platform, helping you to solve business problems. We’re a collaborative culture providing direct access to DeepMind's engineering and research minds, empowering you to solve customer challenges. Join us to be the catalyst for our mission, drive customer success, and define the new cloud era—the market is yours. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $183000 - $265000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google. ### Responsibilities - Partner with account teams and practice Customer Engineers (CEs) during technical evaluation phases to assess project feasibility, shape proposals for long-term adoption, and validate FDE engagement requests. - Lead upfront technical design for enterprise-grade AI solutions, ensuring seamless and secure integration of models, agents, and connectors into existing customer data pipelines, identity providers, and compliance boundaries. - Dive into code-level context to diagnose and resolve complex customer implementation issues, identify core product bugs, and test workarounds to clear execution roadblocks. - Serve as the definitive liaison to core Product and Engineering teams, troubleshooting systemic deployment blockers and translating real-world field feedback into actionable feature requests. - Steer implementation strategy through technical authority and architectural foresight while owning the technical reality of delivery alongside customer-facing teams. ### Qualifications ### Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. - 7 years of experience troubleshooting technical issues for internal/external partners or customers. - Experience in either system design or reading code (e.g., Java, C++, Python). ### Preferred qualifications: - Experience with enterprise integrations (APIs, enterprise content management (ECMs), identity), Cloud infrastructure, and AI/ML model deployments. - Ability to do in-depth search into novel technical problems, decipher extreme ambiguity, diagnose bugs, and emerge with credible architectural solutions. - Excellent executive communication skills, capable of translating deep technical integration issues into business impact. 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