Software Products and Platform Engineering Specialist

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Bonuses

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture LearnVantage is seeking a capable back-end software engineer to design, build, and operate scalable production systems. You will own services through full lifecycle, work across Engineering, Product, Design, and Operations, and leverage AI-assisted tools to accelerate development while maintaining quality.

Travel up to 100% may be required depending on client needs. The role emphasizes secure, reliable, and high-performance systems with REST/GraphQL APIs, relational databases, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering in a product-oriented, live production environment.
• 3+ years designing, building, and maintaining production-quality back-end services with REST/GraphQL APIs and PostgreSQL.
• 3+ years of experience with AWS or another major public cloud; hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD.
• 2+ years supporting enterprise SaaS products, including authentication, integrations, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable back-end services, APIs, and microservices.
• Own technical solutions from design through production deployment and operation.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Engineering, Operations, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into solutions.
• Develop and operate containerized apps in cloud environments and maintain testing, CI/CD, and observability practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to platform reliability and security.

Skills

Backend services

Go/Node.js/Python

REST/GraphQL

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AI-assisted tools

AWS

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We Are Accenture LearnVantage helps organizations transform how their people learn and work through technology and innovative learning solutions. We partner with enterprise clients to deliver scalable, outcome-driven learning experiences that combine digital learning platforms, emerging technologies, and workforce transformation expertise. The LearnVantage Engineering team builds and operates the technology platforms that power these experiences at enterprise scale. Our engineers develop secure, reliable, and high-performance systems supporting learners, administrators, customers, and partners across a global learning ecosystem.

You Are A highly capable back-end software engineer with experience designing, building, and operating production systems at scale. You are comfortable owning services through the full software development lifecycle - from architecture and implementation through testing, deployment, observability, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. You have strong experience with modern back-end technologies, cloud-native development, APIs, microservices, relational databases, containerized environments, and enterprise integrations. You work effectively across Engineering, Product, Design, and Operations and can independently take complex problems from requirements through production delivery. You are also comfortable using modern AI-assisted software development tools as part of your engineering workflow to accelerate implementation, investigation, testing, and technical analysis.

Responsibilities

The Work Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable back-end services, APIs, and microservices supporting LearnVantage products. Build robust, secure, and reliable systems supporting complex enterprise learning and administration workflows. Own technical solutions from initial design through production deployment and ongoing operation. Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, Operations, and other stakeholders to translate product and enterprise requirements into effective technical solutions. Build and maintain integrations between LearnVantage and enterprise platforms, partner systems, and external services. Improve existing systems for performance, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability. Design and work with relational data models and production databases. Develop and operate containerized applications in cloud environments. Build and maintain automated testing, CI/CD, deployment, and observability practices. Troubleshoot complex production issues and improve system resilience and availability. Participate in architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and code reviews. Apply software engineering best practices across code quality, testing, security, documentation, and operational readiness. Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software delivery while maintaining appropriate engineering review, testing, and quality standards. Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering standards, development practices, and platform architecture. Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s What You Need

• Minimum of 3 years of professional software engineering experience in a product-oriented, live production environment.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining production-quality back-end services and microservices using languages such as Go, Node.js/TypeScript, or Python, including REST and/or GraphQL APIs, relational databases such as PostgreSQL, and scalable distributed systems.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with AWS or another major public cloud platform, including hands‑on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience developing or supporting enterprise SaaS products or platforms, including authentication, application security, system integrations, and troubleshooting production issues affecting reliability, availability, or performance.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience using AI-assisted software development tools for coding, debugging, technical investigation, testing, or code review.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (or related field) or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.
• If Associate's Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience.

Professional Skills Requirements

• Ability to independently drive technical work from requirements and design through production delivery.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across Engineering, Product, Design, Operations, and other cross‑functional teams.
• Strong technical problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

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Role Location Annual Salary Range

• California $70,350 to $205,800
• Colorado $63,800 to $177,800
• Connecticut $63,800 to $177,800
• District of Columbia $68,000 to $189,300
• Illinois $59,100 to $177,800
• Maine $54,400 to $151,400
• Maryland $63,800 to $177,800
• Massachusetts $63,800 to $189,300
• Minnesota $63,800 to $177,800
• New York $66,300 to $205,800
• New Jersey $68,000 to $205,800
• Ohio $59,100 to $164,600
• Virginia $59,100 to $189,300
• Washington $80,200 to $189,300

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