Forward Deployed Engineer

Accenture UK; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK is hiring an AI Engineer (Software) to design, build, and ship production-grade software across the full stack, using AI-assisted tooling as standard practice alongside core engineering skills. You will work on real client programs across industries, integrating LLM APIs into production systems and aligning with agentic AI architectures and enterprise AI pipelines.

This is a core engineering function with opportunities to advance into advanced AI roles and contribute to reusable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• Commercial software engineering experience in production environments or equivalent through projects.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in day-to-day engineering work with LLM APIs.
• Familiarity with web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
• Cloud fundamentals and containers (Docker) plus CI/CD.
• Understanding of Agile delivery.
• Experience with databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Ability to validate AI outputs and manage AI limitations.

Responsibilities

• Use AI coding assistants daily to improve productivity and output quality.
• Integrate LLM APIs into production applications, managing token limits and latency.
• Apply AI across the full software delivery lifecycle: tests, debugging, code review, prompt engineering.
• Own the quality and production-readiness of AI-generated outputs.
• Define KPIs to measure AI-driven ROI and communicate results to stakeholders.
• Deliver end-to-end software in Agile sprints with client teams.
• Contribute to reusable components and internal AI tooling standards.
• Connect full-stack code to agent-based backends and AI pipelines.

Skills

Python

Java

TypeScript

LLM usage

API design

Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Git

LangChain

LangGraph

Job description

We are building the next generation of AI-native engineering talent engineers who use AI as a core part of how they work, not as an add-on. As an AI Engineer (Software), you will design, build, and ship production-grade software across the full stack, using AI-assisted tooling as standard daily practice alongside your core engineering skills.

You will work on real client programs across industries, building production-grade software that connects to and supports agentic AI systems — understanding how your full-stack work integrates with agent architecture, LLM APIs, and enterprise AI pipelines. This is not a stepping-stone role: it is a core engineering function in the most in-demand part of the market, with a direct pathway to the Forward Deployed Engineer program for those who develop agentic depth.

We offer what no single product company can: breadth across every industry, every enterprise technology stack, and every level of organizational complexity — combined with vendor fellowship access inside Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google engineering teams, structured AI certification pathways, and a clear development track toward agentic and forward-deployed engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Use AI coding assistants daily as a standard part of delivery, actively, frequently, and with demonstrable impact on productivity and output quality

• Integrate LLM APIs into applications in production: calling AI provider APIs in live code, managing token limits and latency, and building initial abstraction layers

• Apply AI across the full software delivery lifecycle: AI-generated tests, AI-assisted debugging, AI-accelerated code review, and prompt engineering for development tasks

• Own the quality of AI-generated outputs in your delivery scope, exercise engineering judgment about reliability, limitations, and failure modes; know when AI output is production-ready and when it is not

• Define and track KPIs to evaluate the effectiveness and ROI of AI-assisted workflows; present AI productivity and quality metrics to project stakeholders

• Own delivery end-to-end — from design through to production support — in Agile sprint cycles alongside client engineering teams

• Contribute to shared knowledge bases, reusable components, and internal AI tooling standards that benefit the wider team

• Build and integrate the application layers, APIs, and interfaces that connect full-stack systems to agentic backends — understanding data flows, context handoffs, and integration points between your code and AI pipelines

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field

• Commercial software engineering experience in production environments (or equivalent demonstrated through academic projects, internships, or shipped personal projects)

• Proficiency in at least one primary backend language: Python, Java, or TypeScript

• Demonstrated hands-on experience using AI tools actively in day-to-day engineering work — with practical examples of how AI was used to solve real problems, iterate on outputs, and improve delivery; including direct experience calling LLM APIs in production code with an understanding of token management, latency, and cost tradeoffs

• Basic understanding of web technologies including JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

• Familiarity with cloud fundamentals (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containers (Docker), and CI/CD pipelines

• Understanding of Agile delivery fundamentals

• Experience with databases — SQL or NoSQL

• Ability to validate, evaluate, and improve AI-generated outputs; understanding of AI limitations and responsible use

• Familiarity with agentic system concepts — awareness of orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent), RAG pipelines, and how full-stack applications connect to agent-based architecture; production experience preferred, conceptual understanding required

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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