AWM Google AI Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

About the position

A AWM (Asset Wealth Management) Google AI Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Sia is an embedded "builder-doer" who acts as a bridge between Google’s frontier AI products (Gemini, Vertex AI etc.) and real-world AI production systems in AWM. They work directly with large AWM customers to build, deploy, and ship custom Generative AI / Agentic AI applications, building prototypes and production-ready agents while troubleshooting technical integration challenges.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical partner on-site or directly with clients to drive AI adoption.
• Rapidly prototype to go from ideation to PoC / pilots
• Develop, debug, and deploy Generative AI applications (e.g., agentic workflows, RAG systems, MCP servers etc.) using Python.
• Architect solutions that connect Google's AI products with customer legacy infrastructure, APIs, and databases.
• Solve complex blockers to production, including data readiness, model latency, and system evaluation.

Requirements

• 7+ years in a technical, customer-facing role (e.g., FDE, Solutions Engineer, SRE, Software Engineer).
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph).
• Experience with API development, vector databases, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Experience with Google Gemini Enterprise Platform and Google data services (e.g. Big Query etc.)
• Experience with Databricks delta lake and other parts of the data bricks data stack
• Experience with Agent building technologies (e.g. ADK, A2A, MCP etc).
• Experience with Agent Ontologies and memory management
• 5+ years of Wealth / Asset Management experience
• High agency, ability to operate under ambiguity, and a "product" mindset

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Google Cloud products.
• Experience implementing multi-agent systems and advanced prompt engineering.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Annual Base Salary Range: $135,000 - $147,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications
• Annual performance based discretionary bonus
• 3 Medical plans
• Dental and Vision
• Life, AD&D and other voluntary insurance
• 401K retirement plan
• 4% matching and 100% vested upon enrollment
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health, Dependent Care, Commuter
• 100% paid parental leave for all new parents with eligible tenure
• Building Healthy Families program if enrolled through Medical plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy
• 9 company holidays plus 1 floating holiday
• College savings and student loan repayment assistance
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Gym membership reimbursement
• LiveHealth Online virtual care
• Personalized support from a Well-being Coach
• Employee Assistance Program at no cost
• Free confidential counseling and emotional support services
• On-demand access to Emotional Well-being resources (ranging from relaxation techniques to stress management)