AI Architect, Partner Co-Innovation, Google Cloud

The application window will be open until at least April 28, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: Google's hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Addison, TX, USA; Detroit, MI, USA; Houston, TX, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Miami, FL, USA; New York, NY, USA; Portland, OR, USA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Diego, CA, USA; Reston, VA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA. Remote location(s): California, USA; Illinois, USA; Massachusetts, USA; New York, USA; Texas, USA; Washington, USA. Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in cloud computing architecture, software engineering, or technical consulting.
• Experience in a partner-facing, customer-facing, or product management role bridging technical execution with business strategy.
• Experience in either system design or reading code (e.g., Java, C++, Python).

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years of experience architecting or leading the deployment of Enterprise AI/ML solutions, with in Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), reasoning engines, and advanced model steering.
• Experience resolving integration hurdles in Identity Orchestration (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML) and cross-tenant security hardening (e.g., VPC-SC, IAM) within multi-tenant SaaS environments.
• Experience with production-grade RAG, Vector Databases (ScaNN/HNSW), and high-scale data interoperability (e.g., BigQuery Zero-Copy, AlloyDB AI).
• Experience defining user journeys, conducting gap analysis on technical platforms, and translating partner friction into prioritized Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) to influence internal engineering roadmaps.

About the job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

As an AI Architect, you will be the technical "tip of the spear" for Google’s AI partnership strategy. You will act as an entrepreneurial architect, responsible for making Gemini Enterprise a reality within our partners' unique environments. You will just provide support; you will co-build and solve the "impossible" technical hurdles that prevent partners from reaching production at scale.

Your work will directly impact how the world's largest organizations adopt Google’s AI ecosystem, accelerating the transition from pilot projects to enterprise-wide production value.

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