HR reaches out for a position of Cuatomer Engineer at Google. What is the job like ? Is it similar to software engineer? Is it like a second rate citizen class software engineer at google lol ? Been working as a Software engineer for 5+ years. Want to put that Fang name on resume but is it worth it for this position? Blind tax: Tc: 170k sgd
Get clarity from HR. Else it will be difficult to get out of it.
I do the equivalent at msft called "cloud solution architect"(which has similar prestige as google in my European country, Id say). The job itself is just so much worse than normal SWE, so much less flexible and more stressful. Second grade SWE matches my.experience quite well - youre neither accepted by sales nor by engineering kinda . Though I left after 7 months with half a years salary as severance, it did work out for me and I get interviews at high oaying companies (hft, FAANG, unicorns)
Customer Engineer is the same as Solutions Architect or Sales Engineer in other companies. This is a pre-sales role, you need to be a good communicator, have broad and deep technical understanding of cloud offerings and strong business acumen to gather requirements, build relationships, influence and propose the best solution to the customer. Essentially be a trusted advisor and help grow the account. This is NOT a SWE or software engineer role, please do a Google search and read the job description.
Lol the jd make it look like a fullstack/cloud solution to connect with some AI stuff in the backend
Learn how to read the job description…?
I assume this is GCP. Simply put, you are a technical person. But you don't work on any product. You help customers do whatever they need on GCP, from setting up accounts to writing sample code of using a service to creating architecture design for customers workflow. You'll have the prestige of extensive direct customer facing experience, and you'll be perceived as not technical enough to build actual products.
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It’s a sales solutions architect position. Not a bad position at all
What exactly does the position involve though
I think you assist sales folk by building prototypes for big customers . You probably would also do consultancy and support?