Senior AI-Native Software Engineer - Cloud & AI

Accenture PLC; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 316,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking a senior software engineer to design, build, and operate end-to-end production systems that incorporate AI-native engineering. You will work across frontend, backend, data, cloud infrastructure, and security, owning architecture and delivery from concept through production.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams, implement CI/CD, craft reliable pipelines, and ensure governance, security, and observability. Travel may be required as part of complex client engagements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience designing and operating production systems
• Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Hands-on experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
• Knowledge of secure-by-design practices and incident response

Responsibilities

• Design and build production systems across front end, APIs, backend services, data, and AI components
• Diagnose and resolve production issues in complex environments
• Design and deploy cloud-native workloads and infrastructure as code
• Lead DevSecOps practices and implement security controls across delivery pipelines
• Contribute to AI-enabled or agentic systems and ensure production readiness

Skills

Software engineering

AI-enabled engineering

Cloud platforms

Containers & orchestration

CI/CD

Security & DevSecOps

Observability

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Accenture PLC is seeking a senior software engineer to design, build, and operate end-to-end production systems that incorporate AI-native engineering. You will work across frontend, backend, data, cloud infrastructure, and security, owning architecture and delivery from concept through production.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams, implement CI/CD, craft reliable pipelines, and ensure governance, security, and observability. Travel may be required as part of complex client engagements.