Cloud Consultant Jobs for OPT Students

INTRODUCTION

The application window will be open until at least March 30, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

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 (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Austin, TX, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services team guides customers through the moments that matter most in their cloud journey to help businesses thrive. We help customers transform and evolve their business through the use of Google’s global network, web-scale data centers, and software infrastructure. As part of an innovative team in this rapidly growing business, you will help shape the future of businesses of all sizes and use technology to connect with customers, employees, and partners.

As an AI/ML Consultant, you will work directly with Google’s most strategic customers on critical projects to help them transform their businesses using AI/ML technologies. You will help our customers to develop, deploy, and manage custom AI solutions in production using Google Cloud technologies. You will provide technical project management, consulting and strategic goal to customer engagements while working with client executives and key technical leaders to deploy solutions on Google Cloud Platform. You will also work closely with key Google partners currently servicing top accounts to scope engagements, manage programs, deliver consulting services, and provide technical guidance and best practice expertise.

In this role, you will be developing AI solutions, applying key industry tools, techniques, and methodologies. With your expertise in training AI/ML models, you will build multi-agent systems, and apply research to solve real-world applied AI problems. You will have client-facing communication and project management skills. You will navigate ambiguity and deliver customer success.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $153,000-$222,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience delivering technical solutions, product management, or similar.
• Experience in one or more discipline areas such as training custom AI/ML models, building agentic solutions, or MLOperations.
• Experience with technical client service (e.g. consulting).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in systems design.
• Experience in statistical programming language like R or Python and applied machine learning techniques (e.g., dimensionality reduction strategies, classification, and natural language processing frameworks).
• Experience designing and deploying agents, including building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions, leveraging vector search, and technologies such as Agent-to-Agent (A2A) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for multi-agent collaboration and dynamic tool integration.
• Ability to explain model architectures, data analysis, feature engineering, and agent design patterns.
• Excellent communication, presentation and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with customer technical leads, client executives, and partners to scope, manage and deliver successful implementations of Cloud AI solutions, be a trusted advisor to decision makers throughout the engagement.
• Design solutions and manage the development and deployment of cloud based machine learning solutions according to complex customer requirements and implementation best practices.
• Work with internal specialists, Product, and Development teams to package approaches, best practices, and lessons learned into thought leadership, methodologies, and published assets.
• Interact with sales, partners, and customer technical stakeholders to manage project scope, priorities, deliverables, risks and issues, and timelines for successful client outcomes.
• Travel 15% of the time for client engagements.

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.