Forward-Deployed AI Engineer: Enterprise Platform Leader

ACCENTURE; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to install and scale AI platforms inside client enterprises, delivering measurable business value. You will drive end-to-end deployment, from architecture through adoption, across complex environments with strong executive collaboration.

You will lead multi-stakeholder programs, shape reinvention strategies, and codify reusable blueprints that accelerate client outcomes while mentoring engineers and aligning with C-suite priorities.

Qualifications

• Engineering background with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containerization, serverless).
• Expertise deploying agentic solutions (agents, orchestration, context engineering, RAG, workflows) in production.
• Experience with AI platforms — OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, and open-source models; building abstraction layers for multi-provider pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI platform deployments across complex client environments, owning architecture through adoption.
• Own programme-level delivery outcomes: time-to-value, reliability, adoption velocity, scalability with commercial metrics.
• Lead rapid experimentation to produce working production systems in days/weeks across enterprise environments.
• Architect and govern enterprise AI solutions across the full stack: identity, data, security, governance, platform layer, and multi-system workflow integration.

Skills

Cloud-native engineering

AI deployment

OpenAI/Claude/Vertex AI

Team leadership

End-to-end delivery

Business value articulation

Stakeholder management

Non-linear profiles

People leadership

Tools

OpenAI API

Vertex AI

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to install and scale AI platforms inside client enterprises, delivering measurable business value. You will drive end-to-end deployment, from architecture through adoption, across complex environments with strong executive collaboration.

You will lead multi-stakeholder programs, shape reinvention strategies, and codify reusable blueprints that accelerate client outcomes while mentoring engineers and aligning with C-suite priorities.