Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineer Lead

Accenture PLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Accenture seeks a Forward-Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager to lead client engagements at the intersection of AI platforms and enterprise systems. You will design, prototype, deploy, and scale end-to-end AI workflows with a product-minded, customer-embedded approach.

You will integrate OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SAP, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and data platforms to transform ambiguous business needs into measurable outcomes. Travel is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering or equivalent (12 years) work exp.
• 10+ years software engineering with Python/JS/Java and API integrations.
• Experience translating business needs into technical designs in large enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Understand client problems, shape AI use cases, and define technical solutions.
• Design and implement end-to-end AI solutions integrating LLMs with enterprise platforms.
• Prototype, deploy, and scale AI-enabled workflows, agents, and copilots in production.
• Serve as technical bridge between product, engineering, data, and business stakeholders.
• Drive solution architecture including prompts, APIs, enterprise knowledge integration, security and governance.

Skills

Client-facing communication

Requirements gathering

Architecting AI solutions

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering

Tools

OpenAI

Anthropic

Gemini

SAP

ServiceNow

Salesforce

APIs / distributed systems

Job description

Accenture seeks a Forward-Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager to lead client engagements at the intersection of AI platforms and enterprise systems. You will design, prototype, deploy, and scale end-to-end AI workflows with a product-minded, customer-embedded approach.

You will integrate OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SAP, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and data platforms to transform ambiguous business needs into measurable outcomes. Travel is required.