Full Stack LLM Development Manager - Anthropic/Claude

Accenture PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

25 days vacation

Charitable leave

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Full Stack LLM Development Associate Manager to lead Claude-powered web apps and agentic workflows, leveraging Anthropic SDKs and secure tool integration across enterprise data sources and tools.

You will design, build, test and operate Claude-powered applications, implement RAG and context engineering, and oversee production deployments with strong emphasis on code quality and governance.

Qualifications

• Hands-on development with Anthropic Claude APIs or equivalent foundation-model APIs.
• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript/JavaScript, modern API frameworks and front-end skills.
• Experience with Claude Code or similar AI coding assistants integrated with enterprise source control/CI/CD.
• Knowledge of MCP client/server development and secure tool integration for agentic apps.
• Experience with agent orchestration, tool calling, RAG, context engineering, vector databases.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and deployment of AI/ML services.
• Understanding of DevSecOps, containers, IaC, cloud security, monitoring and resilience.
• Experience leading engineering delivery, mentoring teams, and productionization of prototypes.
• Knowledge of AI/ML platform tech (SageMaker/Vertex/Azure ML/OpenAI/etc.).
• Experience delivering AI solutions in regulated environments and building developer platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test and operate Claude-powered web apps, APIs and agentic workflows.
• Develop with Anthropic SDKs and APIs, applying tool use and robust error handling.
• Build MCP clients/servers connecting agents to data sources and tools.
• Implement RAG, embeddings and knowledge stores for context-engineered solutions.
• Create automated evaluation, safety and quality tests for prompts and agents.
• Establish secure deployment pipelines, authentication, secrets management and observability.
• Lead developers, contribute to design, and create reusable components and standards.
• Contribute to Accenture Data & AI community with insights and research.

Skills

Anthropic Claude APIs

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

API frameworks

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Anthropic Claude APIs

OpenAI

CI/CD tools

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." - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

Working across industry groups, our Data & AI team combines software engineering, AI and industry expertise to design and deliver enterprise-grade solutions. We are expanding our Anthropic talent pool to build Claude-powered applications, agentic solutions and AI-enabled software delivery capabilities.

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.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture thatthrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunitiesthat candrive your career in new and exciting ways

If you're looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

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 build production applications and agents using Claude and broader AI/ML technologies.
• How to integrate Claude securely with enterprise data, APIs, repositories and delivery toolchains.
• How to develop and operate MCP-enabled solutions, evaluation suites and responsible AI controls.
• How to convert repeatable delivery patterns into reusable assets and accelerators for client teams.
• 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 Associate Manager - Anthropic / Claude, you will:

• Design, build, test and operate Claude-powered web applications, APIs, copilots and agentic workflows from inception through production.
• Develop with Anthropic SDKs and APIs, applying tool use, structured outputs, streaming, prompt caching, context management and robust error handling.
• Build MCP clients and servers that connect agents securely to repositories, enterprise data sources, development tools and business systems.
• Implement RAG and context-engineering solutions using structured and unstructured data, embeddings, vector search and knowledge stores.
• Use Claude Code and AI-assisted engineering practices across requirements, coding, testing, documentation, modernisation and defect resolution while maintaining engineering controls.
• Create automated evaluation, regression, safety and quality tests for prompts, agents and end-to-end AI workflows.
• Implement authentication, authorisation, secrets management, audit logging, observability, token and cost monitoring, and secure deployment pipelines.
• Lead developers, contribute to solution design and code quality, and create reusable components, templates and engineering standards.
• 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

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

• Hands-on development with Anthropic Claude APIs and SDKs, or strong production experience with comparable foundation-model APIs and the ability to transfer those skills to Claude.
• Python and/or TypeScript/JavaScript, modern API frameworks, front-end frameworks, automated testing and software design patterns.
• Claude Code or comparable AI coding assistants integrated with enterprise source control and CI/CD workflows.
• MCP client/server development or comparable secure tool-integration patterns for agentic applications.
• Agent orchestration, tool calling, RAG, context engineering, vector databases, event-driven integration and human approval workflows.
• Deployment through Anthropic APIs and/or Amazon Bedrock or Google Cloud Vertex AI, with broader AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure experience.
• DevSecOps, containers, infrastructure as code, cloud security, monitoring, scaling, resilience and operational support.
• LLM evaluation, prompt and agent testing, tracing, observability, responsible AI controls and token/cost optimisation.
• Experience leading engineering delivery, reviewing code, mentoring developers and converting prototypes into maintainable production services.
• 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:

• Production delivery of Claude-based applications, agents or Claude Code enablement.
• Published MCP servers, reusable agent components, evaluation harnesses or open-source contributions.
• Experience building developer platforms or AI-enabled SDLC accelerators.
• Experience delivering AI solutions in regulated environments.
• Relevant cloud, software engineering, machine learning, security or DevOps certifications.
• 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.