Lab Architect, Google Cloud Learning Services

Google•Boulder, CO

About The Position

As a part of the Lab Architect team, you will design and build interactive, engaging learning experiences for Google Skills. Interactive labs provide learners with experience navigating the extensive portfolio of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and other products. In this role, you’ll write, configure, and maintain the logic that powers these labs ensuring they are reliable, accessible, relevant, and up-to-date. In collaboration with product and engineering Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Learning Design Specialists, and Technical Curriculum Developers, you’ll ensure labs can be easily integrated into broader educational contexts and repurposed to serve a variety of use cases. Beyond lab creation, you will explore innovative new approaches to technical education and guide other teams in developing their own high-quality labs. This center of excellence model ensures that learners across Google Cloud benefit from the best learning experiences.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in a technical project management or a customer-facing role.
2 years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, Software Engineer, or a Technical Solutions Consultant.
Experience with Software Engineering, writing and maintaining code (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, or Bash), SQL, Google Cloud, and Git.
Experience provisioning and maintaining infrastructure with Terraform (infrastructure as code).

Nice To Haves

Certification in Professional Cloud Architect for Google Cloud, Terraform, or other SWE/AI certifications
Experience building or working with learning platforms, technical writing.
Experience as a writer or learning professional (e.g., teacher, curriculum developer, instructional designer, technical writer, etc.).

Responsibilities

Design, build, maintain, and deprecate labs using tools like Git, Markdown, YAML, and Google Cloud Skills Boost (GCSB) platform technologies.
Develop creative solutions to challenges, ensuring labs remain effective and engaging learning tools.
Partner with vendors, Google teams, and Cloud product SMEs to ensure labs adhere to best practices, style guides, and learning objectives.
Use performance data and user feedback to refine processes, tools, and measure lab success based on learner and organizational goals.
Identify and manage projects focused on process optimization and enhancing the learner experience.