Forward-Deployed Identity Security Engineer

Accenture; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Security is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to build and validate identity platforms and agentic security solutions. You will work hands-on in modern stacks, understand client environments deeply, and contribute to core components such as authorization engines and registries.

Expect diverse engagements, strong coding skills, and collaboration with client engineers to defend design decisions. Travel may be required up to 100% depending on engagements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of production software engineering experience.
• Hands-on development in at least one of Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, Java, or C+ in the last 18 months.
• Experience deploying and operating cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containers.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship services in the agentic identity stack, including authorization engines and credential brokers.
• Own a component end to end: design, implement, deploy, and handle failures.

Skills

Python

Go

Rust

TypeScript

Java

C+

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD

Job description

Accenture Security is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to build and validate identity platforms and agentic security solutions. You will work hands-on in modern stacks, understand client environments deeply, and contribute to core components such as authorization engines and registries.

Expect diverse engagements, strong coding skills, and collaboration with client engineers to defend design decisions. Travel may be required up to 100% depending on engagements.