Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineer (Client-Facing)

Accenture; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 123,000 - 366,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Forward-Deployed AI Engineer to work directly with clients and internal teams on designing, prototyping, deploying, and scaling end-to-end AI solutions across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SAP, ServiceNow, and more. You will translate ambiguous business needs into production-grade AI workflows, while ensuring security, governance, and measurable business impact.

The role requires deep engineering experience, excellent communication, and a builder’s mindset.

Qualifications

• 10+ years software engineering experience (Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java).
• 10+ years translating business needs into technical designs in large orgs.
• 2+ years with modern AI/ML platforms (OpenAI, Anthropic, similar).
• Experience integrating APIs and building distributed, production systems.

Responsibilities

• Understand business problems with clients and shape AI use cases.
• Design end-to-end AI solutions integrating LLMs with enterprise platforms.
• Prototype, iterate, and deploy AI-enabled workflows and agents.
• Bridge product, engineering, data, and business stakeholders.
• Drive solution architecture: prompts, orchestration, data integration, security.

Skills

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

Java

APIs

Distributed systems

Client-facing

AI platforms

OpenAI/Anthropic

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

ServiceNow

Salesforce

SAP

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Forward-Deployed AI Engineer to work directly with clients and internal teams on designing, prototyping, deploying, and scaling end-to-end AI solutions across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SAP, ServiceNow, and more. You will translate ambiguous business needs into production-grade AI workflows, while ensuring security, governance, and measurable business impact.

The role requires deep engineering experience, excellent communication, and a builder’s mindset.