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Forward Deployed Creative, Google Flow

$183K - $265K New York, NY, US Mid Posted October 05, 2026

Role Description

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.

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.

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7 years of experience in a professional creative domain (e.g., design, film, visual effects (VFX), marketing, or technical direction).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Advanced experience with Google Flow or related generative computing paradigms. Ability to naturally experiment, push technical boundaries, and solve complex pipeline puzzles.
  • Exceptional relationship-building skills. Comfortable in a deep technical architecture review with client engineers and to host a public livestream or presenting to executive creative directors.
  • Ability to prioritize high-leverage activities that have the highest return on investment (ROI) and ready to take initiative to make a client successful. Possess a fierce ownership mindset with a high bar for excellence.

About the job

As a Technical Solutions Consultant, you will be responsible for the technical relationship of our largest advertising clients and/or product partners. You will lead cross-functional teams in Engineering, Sales and Product Management to leverage emerging technologies for our external clients/partners. From concept design and testing to data analysis and support, you will oversee the technical execution and business operations of Google's online advertising platforms and/or product partnerships.

You will be able to balance business and partner needs with technical constraints, develop innovative, cutting edge solutions and act as a partner and consultant to those you are working with. You will also be able to build tools and automate products, oversee the technical execution and business operations of Google's partnerships, as well as develop product strategy and prioritize projects and resources.

As a Forward Deployed Creative (FDC) for Google Flow, you will be a hybrid powerhouse spanning creative, enterprise sales enablement, and community evangelism. You will be a practitioner at heart—someone who learns by doing and constantly pushes what is possible with next-generation creative computing.

You will partner with our sales team to pitch major brands and studios, embed directly with creative directors to co-create production-ready workflows, and lead front of the camera to inspire our global community through tutorials and livestreams. This is a high-leverage, high-impact role designed for a bold builder who wants to shape the future of creative work. 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 Enterprise Sales to demonstrate Google Flow's business and creative value. Design and lead workshops, and build custom workflows tailored to our strategic clients' actual creative briefs and production pipelines.
  • Serve as an authentic public representative of Google Flow. Create high-quality tutorials, case studies, and campaign content showcasing enterprise best practices. Host webinars and livestreams, and build reusable tools and assets for Flow’s public template library.
  • Synthesize firsthand customer friction and pipeline gaps from the field. Work hand-in-hand with core product management, design, and engineering to close the loop between enterprise insights and platform improvements.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

About Forward Deployed Engineering

Forward Deployed Engineers are embedded directly with customers to build custom solutions, integrate products into existing infrastructure, and bridge the gap between product engineering and customer success. The role combines deep technical skills with the ability to operate in client environments and translate business requirements into working software.

Originally pioneered by Palantir, the FDE model has spread across AI, enterprise SaaS, and cloud infrastructure companies. FDEs write production code, architect integrations, train customer teams, and feed product insights back to the core engineering organization. At companies like OpenAI, Salesforce, and Databricks, FDE teams are treated as elite engineering units that can ship custom solutions in days rather than quarters.

Typical FDE stack: Python, TypeScript, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and increasingly LLM APIs and AI orchestration frameworks. Strong communication and the ability to context-switch between technical and business conversations are as important as coding ability.

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