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Principal Forward Deployed Architect, GCP

Remote, Remote, United StatesFull-time2026-09-11 → 2026-11-10

Core

Principal Architect owning the end-to-end GenAI platform foundation, agent landscape, and data context for large Google Cloud Enterprise accounts.

Role type

Principal Forward Deployed Architect (GenAI/Cloud)

Builds

Production GenAI agent ecosystems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (GEAP)

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure, Generative AI, Agent Systems, Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

GenAI/Agent platform architecture, Context-graph and semantic modelling, Cloud data-platform design, Cloud runtime and governance, BigQuery, Graph databases (Spanner Graph/Neo4j), Pre-sales technical leadership, Regulated environment delivery

Preferred skills

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (ADK, Agent Garden, Model Garden, Agent Engine)

Technologies

Google Cloud Platform, Vertex AI, BigQuery, Spanner Graph, Neo4j, GKE, Cloud Run, ADK, Agent Garden

Responsibilities

Own target architecture across GCP foundation, GEAP agents, context-graph, and enterprise adoption; Design context-graph foundations and RAG strategies; Arbitrate cross-track trade-offs for Forward Deployed Engineers; Advise client executives on delivery risk and technical scope; Enable client leadership to operate the agent landscape; Contribute reference architectures and governance blueprints.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic ownership