Platform Engineering Lead: Cloud & Observability

Accenture PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Private medical insurance

Car allowance

Three volunteering days

Job summary

Accenture S&PE in London seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead client engagements across the UK, guiding delivery of digital products from concept to production. You’ll own backend services, cloud-native architectures on AWS/Azure, and drive reliable, scalable systems.

The role requires travel to client sites and hands-on GenAI, observability, and incident reviews. Accenture offers 30 days of vacation, private medical insurance, three extra volunteering days, and a car allowance.

Qualifications

• Build backend services across integration paradigms (synchronous API, message-driven, event-driven).
• Fluency in Java, C#/.NET, Python, TypeScript; React experience a plus.
• Experience deploying cloud-native apps on AWS/Azure.
• Work in DevOps teams using standard practices.
• Produce automated tests and contribute to incident response and observability.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements and manage delivery, quality, and commercials.
• Develop digital products for clients and their customers.
• Propose practical, low-complexity solutions focused on value.
• Contribute to internal and regional engineering communities.

Skills

Java

C#/.NET

Python

TypeScript

React

GenAI

DevOps

Observability

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Accenture S&PE in London seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead client engagements across the UK, guiding delivery of digital products from concept to production. You’ll own backend services, cloud-native architectures on AWS/Azure, and drive reliable, scalable systems.

The role requires travel to client sites and hands-on GenAI, observability, and incident reviews. Accenture offers 30 days of vacation, private medical insurance, three extra volunteering days, and a car allowance.