AI-Native Engineer for Enterprise Agentic AI

Accenture; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Columbus, OH is seeking an AI Native Engineer who designs and deploys agentic, cloud-native AI systems for enterprise contexts. You will work with client stakeholders, define use cases, prototype rapidly, and deliver robust, secure workflows across complex environments.

Responsibilities include building enterprise-ready agents, integrating AI platforms, leveraging Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and Helm, and shaping scalable patterns across industries. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years engineering with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containerization, serverless).
• Minimum of 1 year designing and deploying agentic solutions in production or near-production environments.
• Minimum of 1 year with modern AI platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI) including multi-provider pipelines.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in client-facing communication and collaboration, including leading technical discussions or delivery sessions under ambiguity.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering or equivalent OR equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build enterprise-ready AI agents with retrieval, orchestration, policy-based routing, tool invocation, evaluation harnesses, and lifecycle observability.
• Implement resilient, testable, and maintainable agentic workflows that can be iterated on quickly.
• Extend abstraction layers across AI providers to enable seamless multi-provider integration.
• Own deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting for services in production.
• Collaborate with client SMEs to translate business workflows into agentic solutions.
• Define and use key metrics, test harnesses, and evaluation plans to measure agent accuracy, latency, safety, and cost effectiveness.

Skills

Cloud-native engineering

Agentic solutions design

OpenAI/Claude/Vertex AI experience

Python/Java development

Client-facing communication

Leadership in ambiguity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Accenture in Columbus, OH is seeking an AI Native Engineer who designs and deploys agentic, cloud-native AI systems for enterprise contexts. You will work with client stakeholders, define use cases, prototype rapidly, and deliver robust, secure workflows across complex environments.

Responsibilities include building enterprise-ready agents, integrating AI platforms, leveraging Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and Helm, and shaping scalable patterns across industries. Travel may be required.