Junior AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Accenture PLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Junior Forward Deployed Engineer to work at the intersection of engineering, product thinking, and client delivery. You will build rapid prototypes using AI tools, and translate client problems into production-ready plans for federal environments.

You will collaborate with senior FDEs to deliver production-grade deployments, while advancing responsible AI practices and contributing to reusable assets for APX teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or demonstrated hands-on coding experience building and shipping software projects.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python, R, Rust) with knowledge of building production services.
• Familiarity with Generative AI (LLMs) and eagerness to learn how model outputs influence product workflows.
• Exposure working with APIs and simple data flows, managing structured and unstructured data.
• Ability to travel, and must be a U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain a federal security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Embed within client environments as part of a forward deployed engineering (FDE) team to build rapid prototypes using AI tools, coding assistants, and modern frameworks.
• Use AI tools (LLMs, coding assistants, agentic frameworks) as part of daily development work.
• Support integration of solutions into complex client environments, including legacy systems and regulated data contexts.
• Work across the tech stack (frontend, backend, APIs, simple data pipelines) and help develop applications and workflows that use structured and unstructured enterprise data.
• Assist in evaluating model outputs, testing workflows, and applying responsible AI guardrails.
• Implement AI solutions such as RAG workflows, semantic search, prompt engineering patterns, and simple agent behaviors.
• Work with senior FDEs to clarify problem statements and translate them into technical plans.
• Participate in rapid experimentation cycles and incorporate user feedback into updates, documenting solution decisions and contributing to internal learning assets.
• Leverage technical expertise to help clients navigate the rapidly evolving technological landscape, serving as a trusted advisor on emerging AI capabilities, increasing user adoption and scaling mission impact.
• Share observations, user friction points, reusable assets and field intelligence back to APX teams to improve delivery approaches.

Skills

Mission-first mindset

Grit & tenacity

Bias for building

Curiosity & frontier learning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

Databricks

Palantir

OpenAI

Anthropic

Google Cloud

APIs

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Junior Forward Deployed Engineer to work at the intersection of engineering, product thinking, and client delivery. You will build rapid prototypes using AI tools, and translate client problems into production-ready plans for federal environments.

You will collaborate with senior FDEs to deliver production-grade deployments, while advancing responsible AI practices and contributing to reusable assets for APX teams.