Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience building full-stack solutions that interface with enterprise systems.
• Experience engaging with, or presenting to, technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Experience architecting advanced analytics systems on cloud platforms.

Preferred qualifications:

• 4 years of experience in software development, systems architecture, or a highly technical customer-facing role with proficiency in one of more general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go).
• Experience managing the technical pre-business cycle, from initial scoping and architecture design to the successful delivery of integrated PoVs.
• Experience with cloud-native application development.
• Experience designing and building Advanced Analytics applications.

About the job

As an Applied Solutions Architect within the Google Cloud Go-to-Market (GTM) team, you will act as the deep technical bridge between our customers business issues and Google’s engineering capabilities. You will work closely with customers to uncover their needs, architect scalable systems, and write code and build real-world applications. You will not be building in a vacuum. Your core objective is to engineer Proof of Value (PoV) products designed to integrate seamlessly into a customer’s existing, as-is systems. You will advocate for our cloud-native solutions to not only look great on a whiteboard but function flawlessly in their actual enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead in depth technical discovery sessions to understand customer requirements and their current technology landscape. Design comprehensive system architectures and run iterative workshops with stakeholders to lock in project scope, always architecting with the final end-state in mind.
• Move seamlessly from high-level architecture to low-level implementation. Code, build, and deploy cloud systems, ensuring technical designs translate into functional, integrated realities.
• Architect and engineer enterprise-grade solutions such as agentic workflows, RAG systems, and applied foundation models backed by highly scalable, cloud-native infrastructure including event-driven microservices, containerized workloads, and serverless compute.
• Engineer functional PoV products that integrate into the customer's as-is systems to demonstrate true business value. Ensure all builds adhere strictly to engineering best practices, security standards, and scalability guidelines to ensure a smooth transition to production.