Senior AI/ML Engineer – GenAI & Vertex AI

AI Chopping Block, Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services, based in Arlington, VA, is seeking an experienced ML engineer to design, build, and deploy GenAI and ML models across federal missions. You will translate business needs into scalable AI solutions using Vertex AI and related tools, ensuring production reliability and governance.

You will lead technical teams, shape data pipelines, and implement responsible AI while collaborating with product and DevOps teams in a security‑driven government context.

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years in machine learning engineering, data science, or AI development.
• 3+ years of experience in leading technical teams to achieve objectives and outcomes.
• Experience includes developing and implementing technical standards, systems and processes for cloud and on-prem environments.
• Strong Python development skills and familiarity with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Hands-on experience with Vertex AI, Gemini APIs, or other cloud-based AI/ML platforms.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to identify and refine AI/ML use cases; translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Design, build, fine-tune, and evaluate ML and GenAI models using Vertex AI, Gemini, and open-source tools.
• Develop end-to-end ML pipelines, including data ingestion, feature engineering, orchestration, and CI/CD for models and prompts.
• Deploy scalable models and agents; manage monitoring, drift detection, and production troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to ensure high-quality data architecture using BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Feature Store.
• Implement Responsible AI, security, governance, and compliance best practices (IAM, encryption, auditing).
• Work cross-functionally with product owners, platform teams, DevOps/SRE, and junior engineers to deliver reliable AI solutions.
• Perform hands-on experimentation, prototyping, EDA, hyperparameter tuning, and documentation of pipelines and workflows.

Skills

Python

SQL

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

LLM fine tuning

RAG architectures

Vertex AI

Gemini APIs

BigQuery

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Kubernetes

Vector search

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

Vertex AI

Gemini APIs

Kubernetes

BigQuery

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Feature Store

Job description

Accenture Federal Services, based in Arlington, VA, is seeking an experienced ML engineer to design, build, and deploy GenAI and ML models across federal missions. You will translate business needs into scalable AI solutions using Vertex AI and related tools, ensuring production reliability and governance.

You will lead technical teams, shape data pipelines, and implement responsible AI while collaborating with product and DevOps teams in a security‑driven government context.