Accenture

AI Native Software Engineering Lead

Accenture$99K — $209K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, business administration, or related discipline.
  • 8 years of experience with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containerization, serverless).
  • 1 year of experience designing and deploying agentic solutions (agents, orchestration, workflows).
  • 2 years of experience with AI platforms like OpenAI and Claude, building abstraction layers for multi-provider pipelines.
  • 8 years of programming experience in Python, Java, or equivalent, along with familiarity in evaluation tooling and agent observability.
  • 8 years of experience deploying to production using CI/CD and infrastructure as code concepts.
  • 8 years of experience in client communication and collaboration, leading technical workshops.

Responsibilities

  • Design and engineer enterprise-ready AI agents for orchestration, policy-based routing, and lifecycle observability.
  • Develop abstraction layers to enable seamless integration across various AI providers like Anthropic and Google.
  • Leverage cloud-native engineering practices using Kubernetes, Docker, and event-driven architectures for AI systems.
  • Deploy agentic applications tailored to specific industries, optimizing automation processes.
  • Conduct workshops and POCs with clients to shape data-driven workflows and enhance adoption.
  • Define metrics and evaluation plans to assess agent performance aspects like accuracy and cost-effectiveness.
  • Create documentation and reusable patterns to influence internal assets and client strategies.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth in a cutting-edge technology environment.
  • Exposure to complex, high-impact projects across various industries.
  • Engagement with a high-performing team focused on disruptive technologies.
  • Capability to work closely with diverse stakeholders and clients.
Full Job Description

AREYOU READY to step up and take your technology expertise to the next level?

Cloud First - Software Engineering is a high performing team to join! Wefocus on client adoption of disruptive technologies, technology architecture and providing specialized skills related to integration, custom software engineering, testing, application modernization, agile and more. We help our clients with the most complex projects including working in open web platforms, DevOps platforms as well as intelligent Computing and Architecture enhancement.

The Work:

Youll embed directly with clients acting as both technologist and trusted advisor. Youll partner with stakeholders to define use cases, rapidly prototype, and deploy agentic workflows that are robust, secure, and operational in complex enterprise domains. Often, these will be completely net new platforms and systems that need to be stitched together in our clients' environments alongside our Ecosystem partners.

Responsibilities:

  • Agent Architecture and Engineering: Design and engineer enterprise-ready AI agents encompassing retrieval, orchestration, policy-based routing, tool invocation, evaluation harnesses, and lifecycle observability.

  • AI Platform Integration: Develop abstraction layers across AI providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, etc. ) to enable seamless integration and enablement.

  • Cloud-Native Engineering: Leverage containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), microservices, serverless, event-driven architectures, CI/CD, and observability to deliver scalable AI-native systems.

  • Domain-Specific Workflows: Tailor and deploy agentic applications across verticals e.g., finance, healthcare, retail addressing domain-specific processes via intelligent automation.

  • Client Engagement: Conduct design workshops, POCs, and code-with sessions to shape data-driven agent workflows with stakeholders, fostering trust and adoption.

  • Measure & Improve: Define and use key metrics, test harnesses, and evaluation plans to measure agent accuracy, latency, safety, and cost effectiveness.

  • Knowledge Sharing: Craft reusable patterns, documentation, and best practices to influence internal assets and client roadmaps.

  • Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Basic Qualification:

  • A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, business administration, commerce or related discipline is required.

  • Minimum of 8 years engineering experience with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containerization, serverless).

  • Minimum of 1 years of experience in designing and deploying agentic solutions (agents, orchestration, context engineering, RAG, workflows).

  • Minimum of 2 years of experience with AI platforms OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, plus open-source models including building abstraction layers to manage multi-provider pipelines.

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience programming in Python, Java, or equivalent; familiarity with evaluation tooling, logging, monitoring, and agent observability.

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience deploying to production CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm), monitoring, and debugging.

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in client communication and collaboration, including being capable of leading technical workshops and delivering under ambiguity.

Bonus Points If:

  • Youve served as an Agentic AI Engineer in an Enterprise environment

  • Youve defined or worked with enterprise-grade architectures for compound AI systems, orchestration frameworks, or agent registry/stream-based architectures.

  • You understand the AI-native paradigm blending cloud-native with generative model architectures optimizing for performance, modularity, and efficiency.

  • Youve delivered solutions across multiple industries (e.g., finance, healthcare) by tailoring agentic workflows to industry needs.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location,
role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time
employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.
It does not represent a maximum limit in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Role LocationAnnual Salary Range

British Columbia/Ontario$99,450 to $209,900

About Accenture

Accenture plc is a multinational professional services company that provides services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations. The company has more than 537,000 employees serving clients in more than 120 countries. Accenture operates across five business segments: Communications, Media & Technology; Financial Services; Health & Public Service; Products; and Resources. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and has offices worldwide.
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