Senior AI-Native Engineering Leader & Enterprise Delivery

Accenture; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking Forward Deployed AI Engineers to join our Reinvention Deployment Engineering pods. You will embed inside enterprise teams to deploy AI platforms, design agentic workflows, and translate platform capability into real business value in production environments.

This role requires leading architecture discussions, conducting executive workshops, and delivering reusable blueprints at scale. Travel may be required, and you will shape the playbook for enterprise AI adoption across

Qualifications

• 10+ years engineering experience with cloud-native systems.
• 1+ years deep expertise in designing and deploying agentic solutions in production.
• 2+ years of experience with AI platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI) and multi-provider pipelines.
• 10+ years programming in Python, Java, or equivalent.
• 10+ years deploying to production — CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm), monitoring.
• 10+ years of client communication and collaboration, including leading technical workshops.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent or (minimum 12 years) work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI platform deployments across complex multi-stakeholder client environments.
• Own program-level delivery outcomes: time-to-value, reliability, adoption velocity, and scalability.
• Lead rapid experimentation and deliver production-ready solutions.
• Architect and govern enterprise AI solutions across the full technology stack.
• Shape AI reinvention strategy for client executives and develop roadmaps.
• Define and publish reusable reinvention blueprints and accelerators.
• Lead architecture design sessions and executive workshops.
• Codify delivery learnings and engineering standards for the FDE practice.

Skills

Cloud-native systems

Agentic AI design

AI platforms

Programming: Python/Java

Production deployment (CI/CD, IaC)

Client engagement & workshops

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Accenture is seeking Forward Deployed AI Engineers to join our Reinvention Deployment Engineering pods. You will embed inside enterprise teams to deploy AI platforms, design agentic workflows, and translate platform capability into real business value in production environments.

This role requires leading architecture discussions, conducting executive workshops, and delivering reusable blueprints at scale. Travel may be required, and you will shape the playbook for enterprise AI adoption across