AI-Native Platform Manager: Lead Production AI Systems

Accenture PLC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 316,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a senior software engineer in California to design, build, and operate production systems spanning frontend, APIs, data, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, security, observability, and AI. You will own the end-to-end technical solution from architecture to production, partnering with client technology leaders and multidisciplinary teams.

You will shape AI-native engineering practices, drive architecture decisions, prototype and debug implementations, and deliver measurable

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years across multiple stack layers (front end to backend).
• 5+ years programming in Java, Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, or C#.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and IaC (Terraform, Helm).
• 5+ years designing and operating CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and security controls.
• 1+ years designing and deploying AI-enabled or agentic systems in production.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams spanning software, cloud, platform, security, data, and AI engineering; set engineering standards and develop engineers.
• Facilitate architecture and engineering sessions with client technologists and communicate trade-offs clearly to technical and executive audiences.
• Turn requirements into architectures, increments, and measurable outcomes; drive production deployment across front-end, APIs, data, and AI components.
• Build AI-native and agentic engineering capabilities and establish governance, observability, and security controls.

Skills

Software engineering

Java

Python

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AI experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent OR equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Accenture is seeking a senior software engineer in California to design, build, and operate production systems spanning frontend, APIs, data, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, security, observability, and AI. You will own the end-to-end technical solution from architecture to production, partnering with client technology leaders and multidisciplinary teams.

You will shape AI-native engineering practices, drive architecture decisions, prototype and debug implementations, and deliver measurable