Forward-Deployed Identity Platform Engineer

Accenture

Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 210,000

Full time

1 hour ago

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Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in Identity & Access Management. You will build and ship production software across the identity stack, owning components end-to-end from design to deployment.

You will reverse-engineer how identity works in client environments, prototype against standards, and create internal tooling for reuse. You will engage with clients to explain designs, defend trade-offs, and deliver hands-on work across Python/Go/Rust/TypeScript/Java/ C++ within cloud

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

Build and ship services in the agentic identity stack: authorization engines, agent registries, credential brokers, and authentication layers for MCP servers.
Own a component end to end: design, implementation, deployment, and what happens when it fails at 3am.
Reverse‑engineer how identity actually works in a client environment, then design what it should be.
Prototype against emerging standards and vendor betas, often before documentation exists.
Build the internal tooling and reference implementations the rest of the practice reuses.
Explain your design to a client's engineers and defend the parts they push back on.