AI Native Engineer Manager - Reinvention Center

1000 Accenture LLP Company; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an AI Native Engineer to embed with clients and architect enterprise AI agents. You will design, build, and run agentic workflows that scale across cloud-native platforms, partnering with stakeholders to define use cases and prototypes.

This hybrid role in Columbus, OH requires 3 days in the office, with occasional travel. You will work across finance, healthcare, and retail, applying evaluation tooling and multi-provider AI pipelines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Python/Java with AI tooling and observability.
• 5+ years deploying to production with CI/CD and IaC.
• 3+ years cloud-native systems and APIs.
• 1 year designing agentic solutions in production.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer enterprise-ready AI agents encompassing retrieval, orchestration, policy-based routing, tool invocation, evaluation harnesses, and lifecycle observability.
• AI Platform Integration: Develop abstraction layers across AI providers to enable seamless integration.
• Cloud‑Native Engineering: Leverage Kubernetes, Docker, microservices, serverless, CI/CD, and observability to deliver scalable AI‑native systems.
• Domain‑Specific Workflows: Tailor and deploy agentic applications across verticals like finance, healthcare, retail.
• Client Engagement: Conduct design workshops, POCs, and code‑with sessions to shape data‑driven agent workflows.
• Measure & Improve: Define metrics, test harnesses, and evaluation plans for agent accuracy, latency, safety, and cost.
• Knowledge Sharing: Craft reusable patterns and documentation.

Skills

Python

Java

CI/CD

Terraform

Helm

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud-native

Client communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

OpenAI

Claude AI

Vertex AI

Job description

We are: The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) is the engine for reinvention in our clients’ transformation journey. Powered by more than 255,000* people across 24 countries, ATCs will provide our clients with seamless access to industry insights and innovative technology solutions. Stronger together! The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) make tremendous impact in solving our clients’ business problems leveraging Innovation, Intelligence, Industry insights, new IT and new technology skills. Now, with the global environment changing at a faster pace, our clients are facing unprecedented challenges, and they need us more than ever before. As a Network, ATCs are positioned to unlock greater opportunities and exponential value for our clients. The value for our clients and our people For our clients, the Network provides the strength of our geographic diversity, greater resilience, and seamless access to the deepest industry knowledge, the latest in Gen AI solutions, and tech expertise from around the world. For our people, it brings an opportunity to shape truly boundaryless career paths in a highly collaborative team of experts where they can learn from each other and solve the world’s most complex client challenges

You are:

An AI Native Engineer with experience building cloud-native solutions, and deep expertise in designing and deploying agentic systems, especially for enterprise environments. You are a critical thinker that thrives in ambiguity, delivering concrete results by designing, building, and running custom AI agents that augment workflows and scale across modern infrastructure. You’ll help shape the playbook for how enterprises adopt and scale AI-native engineering globally.

The Work:

You’ll embed directly with clients — acting as both technologist and trusted advisor. You’ll partner with stakeholders to define use cases, rapidly prototype, and deploy agentic workflows that are robust, secure, and operational in complex enterprise domains. Often, these will be completely net new platforms and systems that need to be stitched together in our clients' environments alongside our Ecosystem partners.

Responsibilities:

• Design and engineer enterprise-ready AI agents encompassing retrieval, orchestration, policy-based routing, tool invocation, evaluation harnesses, and lifecycle observability.
• AI Platform Integration: Develop abstraction layers across AI providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, etc. ) to enable seamless integration and enablement.
• Cloud‑Native Engineering: Leverage containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), microservices, serverless, event‑driven architectures, CI/CD, and observability to deliver scalable AI‑native systems.
• Domain‑Specific Workflows: Tailor and deploy agentic applications across verticals — e.g., finance, healthcare, retail — addressing domain‑specific processes via intelligent automation.
• Client Engagement: Conduct design workshops, POCs, and code‑with sessions to shape data‑driven agent workflows with stakeholders, fostering trust and adoption.
• Measure & Improve: Define and use key metrics, test harnesses, and evaluation plans to measure agent accuracy, latency, safety, and cost effectiveness.
• Knowledge Sharing: Craft reusable patterns, documentation, and best practices to influence internal assets and client roadmaps.

This is a hybrid role in Columbus, OH and requires 3 days per week in the office. May consider qualified applicants in Tampa, FL; or Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX. Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 25% to 75% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s What You Need:

• Minimum of 5 years experience programming in Python, Java, or equivalent; familiarity with evaluation tooling, logging, monitoring, and agent observability.
• Minimum of 5 years experience deploying to production — CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm), monitoring, and debugging.
• Minimum of 5 years experience with client communication and collaboration, including being capable of leading technical workshops and delivering under ambiguity.
• Minimum of 3 years engineering experience with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containerization, serverless).
• Minimum of 3 years experience with AI platforms — OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, plus open-source models — including building abstraction layers to manage multi-provider pipelines.
• Minimum of 1 year expertise in designing and deploying agentic solutions (agents, orchestration, context engineering, RAG, workflows) in production environments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/05/2026. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

Annual Salary Range

• California $94,400 to $316,300
• Colorado $94,400 to $273,200
• Connecticut $94,400 to $273,200
• District of Columbia $100,500 to $291,000
• Illinois $87,400 to $273,200
• Maine $80,400 to $232,800
• Maryland $94,400 to $273,200
• Massachusetts $94,400 to $291,000
• Minnesota $94,400 to $273,200
• New York $87,400 to $316,300
• New Jersey $100,500 to $316,300
• Ohio $87,400 to $253,000
• Virginia $87,400 to $291,000
• Washington $100,500 to $291,000

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