Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

Accenture PLC; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Career development program

Flexible Work Arrangements

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Family inclusive workplace

Job summary

Accenture, a leading global professional services company, is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in Canberra to lead AI-driven transformations for enterprise clients. You will own delivery end-to-end, from CTO-level workshops to production-grade systems, shaping roadmaps and the technical strategy across platforms and data environments.

You will mentor engineers, drive governance and LLMOps practices, and ensure security, scale and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering, solutions architecture, or consulting experience.
• 3+ years delivering AI/ML or LLM-based solutions in production.
• Proven track record leading complex, customer-facing technical engagements.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical relationship with enterprise clients from discovery through production.
• Run workshops to identify and prioritise high-value AI use cases and translate them into engineering plans.
• Architect and ship enterprise-grade AI systems using the best available tooling.
• Define evaluation frameworks and ensure security, compliance and operational excellence in deployments.

Skills

Software engineering

Solutions architecture

AI/LLM platforms

Client leadership

Mentoring

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Tools

Claude

GPT

Gemini

Job description

Accenture, a leading global professional services company, is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in Canberra to lead AI-driven transformations for enterprise clients. You will own delivery end-to-end, from CTO-level workshops to production-grade systems, shaping roadmaps and the technical strategy across platforms and data environments.

You will mentor engineers, drive governance and LLMOps practices, and ensure security, scale and reliability.