Backend Engineering Lead - AI & GenAI Platforms

Accenture UK & Ireland; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions

Private health insurance

Employee share scheme

Discounted gym membership

2 days’ charity leave

Job summary

The Dock, Accenture’s flagship R&D and Global Innovation Center in Dublin, seeks a Backend Engineering Lead to design, build and deliver next-generation solutions—from prototypes to scalable, production-ready systems.

You’ll mentor juniors, own APIs and data stores, and collaborate with Design, Product, Data and DevOps to balance innovation with long-term scalability for client initiatives at Accenture.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering software in agile teams.
• Design, present, and implement complex applications and APIs.
• Proficiency with Python or Node.js ecosystems and databases.
• Familiarity with cloud-native, serverless and messaging patterns.
• Strong knowledge of authentication/authorization technologies.

Responsibilities

• Build APIs, databases and business logic for new apps.
• Mentor junior developers and review code.
• Translate requirements into practical, scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with Design, Product, Data and DevOps teams.

Skills

Agile teamwork

API design

Data & webservices integration

Python ecosystem

Node.js frameworks

Relational & NoSQL databases

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Serverless architectures

Docker & Kubernetes

CI/CD & DevOps

Authentication & Authorization (OAuth,

OpenID Connect & JWT

Education

B.Sc./B.Eng./M.Sc./M.Eng./PhD in CS/SE/Math

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

GitHub

Job description

The Dock, Accenture’s flagship R&D and Global Innovation Center in Dublin, seeks a Backend Engineering Lead to design, build and deliver next-generation solutions—from prototypes to scalable, production-ready systems.

You’ll mentor juniors, own APIs and data stores, and collaborate with Design, Product, Data and DevOps to balance innovation with long-term scalability for client initiatives at Accenture.