Senior Agentic AI Systems Engineer (Research to Production)

Accenture; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 141,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Advanced AI Research Engineer to bridge AI research and production platform engineering. You will translate findings into production-grade Python services and Node.js/TypeScript SDK modules, contributing to scalable, observable systems.

The role emphasizes Python/Node.js expertise, AI/ML experience, and the ability to ship research into running systems, with on-site work in Mountain View, CA and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years building and shipping production backend services or AI/ML systems.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML systems and agent frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Investigate active frontier areas in agentic AI systems and design experiments.
• Translate research findings into production-grade Python services and Node.js/TypeScript modules.
• Prototype and validate platform capabilities with observability, tracing, and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with platform engineers to integrate research into production systems.

Skills

Python

Node.js/TypeScript

AI/ML systems

FastAPI/async Python

Kubernetes

Distributed tracing

OpenTelemetry

Agent frameworks

Research to production

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization

Distributed tracing tooling

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior Advanced AI Research Engineer to bridge AI research and production platform engineering. You will translate findings into production-grade Python services and Node.js/TypeScript SDK modules, contributing to scalable, observable systems.

The role emphasizes Python/Node.js expertise, AI/ML experience, and the ability to ship research into running systems, with on-site work in Mountain View, CA and travel as needed.