AI Architect

Accenture UK & Ireland; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an AI Engineer / AI Architect to design AI-driven solutions. You will work on innovative projects that utilize AI/ML technologies to help clients solve complex business challenges. The role requires experience with various AI platforms and cloud technologies, as well as a strong background in software engineering. This position offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits, including vacation days and flexibility for client engagements.

Benefits

25 days’ vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave for charitable work

Qualifications

• Experience with Sagemaker, Vertex, Azure ML, OpenAI, Langchain.
• Knowledge of data drift detection and RAG in AI solutions.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms networking and security.

Responsibilities

• Design and build use-case and platform technology solutions.
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams to create complex solutions.
• Contribute to the Accenture Data & AI community.

Skills

AI / ML platform technologies and services

Implementation of AI / ML architectural patterns and best practices

Building and using cloud-based solutions

SW Engineering and DevSecOps

Education

Certified cloud Machine Learning

Job description

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next‑generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.

• Role: AI Engineer / AI Architect
• Location: London, Edinburgh
• Career Level: Manager

As a team

• Working across industry groups, our Centre for Advanced AI team combines deep technology, business and industry expertise to design and deliver some of the largest, most challenging and highest profile technology solutions in the world.
• You’ll work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies, with a particular focus on AI and GenAI, with clients to help them get to the next level.
• Your background will involve contributing across projects including software engineering, technology architecture solution implementation, product selection and application strategy definition, or the introduction of technology to drive business improvement into an operational organisation.
• Our team has the remit to operate in multiple industries, including Financial Services, Resources, Products, Communications and Health & Public Services.

In our team you will learn

• How to help clients to use AI / ML technologies to solve business challenges
• How to design, develop, deploy, and run high quality AI / ML solutions across a range of industries with varying business and organisational challenges
• The latest technology solutions from industry and academia and how to apply them to solve real world customer problems

As a Full Stack LLM Development Specialist, you will

• Design and build use‑case and platform technology solutions to solve key business challenges using reference and cutting‑edge technologies and engineering patterns
• Work in multi‑disciplinary teams to build complex solutions working from inception through to production and operations
• Contribute to the technology strategy and solution design, managing and supporting other developers
• Contribute to the Accenture Data & AI community, sharing insights and experience of using emerging technologies on client deliveries and through research

Job Qualifications

We are looking for experience in the following skills and experience:

• AI / ML platform technologies and services such as Sagemaker / Vertex / Azure ML, OpenAI, Langchain, AutoML, OCR, STT, feature stores, vector DB
• Implementation of AI / ML architectural patterns and best practices e.g. data drift detection, experimentation tracking, RAG, deployment models
• Building and using cloud‑based solutions (networking, security, storage, monitoring, scaling, DR / HA) on one or more cloud platforms
• SW Engineering and DevSecOps

Set yourself apart

• Certified cloud Machine Learning (e.g., AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty).
• Building PoCs to aid learning
• Experience of delivering production AI / ML services for scaled end user consumption

What’s in it for you

At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first‑class services we are known for.