Senior AI-Native Platform Engineering Lead

Accenture; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 133,000 - 316,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Accenture is seeking experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineers to embed with enterprise clients, delivering production AI platforms and scalable agentic workflows. You’ll own outcomes such as time-to-value, adoption, reliability, and scalability while collaborating across client organizations.

The role emphasizes architecture, governance, and multi-provider AI pipelines, with opportunities to shape the reinvention playbook and drive impact across industries.

Qualifications

• 10+ years engineering experience with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containerization, serverless).
• 1+ year of deep expertise in designing and deploying agentic solutions in production.
• 2+ years of experience with AI platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI) including multi-provider pipelines.
• 10+ years programming in Python/Java; familiarity with logging, monitoring, and observability.
• 10+ years of production deployments – CI/CD, IaC, monitoring, debugging.
• 10+ years of client communication and workshop leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or 12 years of work experience; AI certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI platform deployments across complex client environments from architecture to adoption.
• Own program-level delivery outcomes including time-to-value, reliability, and scalability.
• Lead rapid experimentation to production systems across enterprise environments.
• Architect and govern AI solutions across identity, data, security, and governance.
• Shape AI reinvention strategy for client executives and multi-year adoption roadmaps.
• Publish reusable reinvention blueprints and accelerators for multiple client engagements.
• Lead architecture design sessions and executive workshops with client leadership.
• Codify delivery learnings and engineering standards to grow the FDE practice.

Skills

Cloud-native

Agentic AI design

Python/Java programming

Client workshops leadership

Production deployment

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

OpenAI

Anthropic

Vertex AI

Terraform

Helm

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Accenture is seeking experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineers to embed with enterprise clients, delivering production AI platforms and scalable agentic workflows. You’ll own outcomes such as time-to-value, adoption, reliability, and scalability while collaborating across client organizations.

The role emphasizes architecture, governance, and multi-provider AI pipelines, with opportunities to shape the reinvention playbook and drive impact across industries.