AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Accenture; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 131,700 - 278,100; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an AI Forward Deployed Engineer in Mississauga. This role involves designing enterprise-ready AI agents, collaborating directly with clients, and deploying solutions in various sectors.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in building cloud-native systems and expertise in AI platforms such as OpenAI. Compensation ranges from $131,700 to $278,100 annually.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience building cloud-native systems including APIs, microservices, and serverless architectures.
• 1+ year experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production.
• Experience with AI platforms like OpenAI, Claude, and Vertex AI.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer enterprise-ready AI agents for complex domains.
• Develop abstraction layers across AI providers for seamless integration.
• Conduct design workshops, proofs of concept, and collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud-native systems

AI solutions deployment

Python

Java

CI/CD

Microservices

Serverless architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree or college program in a related discipline

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

OpenAI Codex

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

Job description

AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager | Senior Level | Full time

Job No. R00333191 | Mississauga, Ontario

We are:

The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) are the engine for reinvention in our clients’ transformation journey. Powered by more than 255,000 people across 24 countries, ATCs provide our clients with seamless access to industry insights and innovative technology solutions.

Stronger together!

The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) make a tremendous impact in solving our clients’ business problems by leveraging innovation, intelligence, industry insights, new IT, and new technology skills. With the global environment changing at a faster pace, our clients are facing unprecedented challenges, and they need us more than ever before. As a Network, ATCs are positioned to unlock greater opportunities and exponential value for our clients.

The value for our clients and our people:

For our clients, the Network provides the strength of our geographic diversity, greater resilience, and seamless access to the deepest industry knowledge, the latest in Gen AI solutions, and tech expertise from around the world.
For our people, it brings an opportunity to shape truly boundaryless career paths in a highly collaborative team of experts where they can learn from each other and solve the world’s most complex client challenges.

You Are

An AI Native Engineer with strong experience building cloud-native solutions and deep expertise in designing and deploying agentic systems for enterprise environments. You thrive in ambiguity and deliver concrete results by designing, building, and running custom AI agents that augment workflows and scale across modern infrastructure.

The Work

You will embed directly with clients as both technologist and trusted advisor. You will partner with stakeholders to define use cases, rapidly prototype, and deploy agentic workflows that are robust, secure, and operational in complex enterprise domains.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer enterprise-ready AI agents encompassing retrieval, orchestration, policy-based routing, tool invocation, evaluation harnesses, and lifecycle observability.

• Develop abstraction layers across AI providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, etc.) to enable seamless integration.

• Leverage containerization, microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures to deliver scalable AI-native systems.

• Tailor and deploy agentic applications across industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail.

• Conduct design workshops, proofs of concept, and code-with sessions with client stakeholders.

• Define and use metrics to measure agent accuracy, latency, safety, and cost effectiveness.

• Leverage enterprise agentic tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex to automate phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

• This role is located in one of the following location (Mississauga) and will require on-site 3 days per week.

Here’s What You Need

• Minimum of 10 years of experience building cloud-native systems including APIs, microservices, and serverless architectures.

• Minimum 1 year of experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production environments.

• Minimum of 1 year of experience with agentic orchestration tools such as LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar frameworks.

• Experience working with AI platforms including OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, and open‑source models.

• Minimum of 10 years Python, Java, or equivalent programming experience.

• Experience deploying and operating production systems with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability tooling.

• Bachelor’s degree or completion of a college program in a related discipline.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full‑time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.

It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

British Columbia/Ontario $131,700 to $278,100

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