Accenture

Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager- Databricks - Reinvention Centers

Accenture$132K — $366K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Databricks and large-scale big data projects (Delta Lake, DLT, Apache Spark, Unity Catalog).
  • 10+ years of experience with programming languages like Python or Java, including tools for evaluation and monitoring.
  • 10+ years of experience in deploying production systems with CI/CD and infrastructure as code.
  • Minimum 1 year of experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production.
  • 1 year of experience with agentic orchestration tools (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, etc.).
  • Hands-on experience with Databricks AI tooling: Mosaic AI, Vector Search, Model Serving, MLflow, Unity Catalog governance.
  • Experience with AI platforms like OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, and open-source models.

Responsibilities

  • Design and engineer enterprise-ready AI agents with robust observability and lifecycle management.
  • Architect AI-native solutions on Databricks and establish scalable patterns for customer engagements.
  • Develop integration layers across various AI providers for seamless operation.
  • Leverage modern architectures such as microservices and serverless for scalable systems.
  • Tailor agentic applications to meet diverse industry needs (finance, healthcare, retail).
  • Conduct workshops and collaborative sessions with client stakeholders to ensure successful implementations.
  • Measure agent performance through defined metrics focusing on accuracy, latency, and cost efficiency.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage.
  • 401(k) plan and bonus opportunities.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
Full Job Description
You Are

A Senior AI Native Engineer who builds, leads, and scales world-class AI/ML professional services on the Databricks Intelligence Platform. You develop executive relationships with VP+, CIO, and CDO stakeholders as a trusted advisor on complex AI transformations, align with Field Engineering and Sales Leaders on strategic accounts, and shape cross-functional influence across Product, R&D, and GTM. You lead AI PS initiatives, design reusable engagement models for global repeatability, own OKRs for AI-services led accounts, and represent Databricks as a thought leader in AI/ML.

The Work

You will embed directly with clients as both technologist and trusted advisor. You will partner with stakeholders to define use cases, rapidly prototype, and deploy agentic workflows that are robust, secure, and operational in complex enterprise domains.

Responsibilities
  • Design and engineer enterprise-ready AI agents encompassing retrieval, orchestration, policy-based routing, tool invocation, evaluation harnesses, and lifecycle observability. • Architect AI-native solutions on Databricks (Mosaic AI, Vector Search, Model Serving, MLflow) with Unity Catalog governance, scaling reusable patterns across customer engagements.
  • Establish Lakehouse data foundations (Delta Lake, DLT, Unity Catalog) that power production AI across customer portfolios.
  • Develop abstraction layers across AI providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, etc.) to enable seamless integration.
  • Leverage containerization, microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures to deliver scalable AI-native systems.
  • Tailor and deploy agentic applications across industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail.
  • Conduct design workshops, proofs of concept, and code-with sessions with client stakeholders.
  • Define and use metrics to measure agent accuracy, latency, safety, and cost effectiveness.
  • Process large-scale distributed datasets on the Databricks Intelligence Platform with Apache Spark™.
  • Integrate LLM solutions with APIs, model monitoring, and prompt management.
  • Operate MLOps / LLMOps pipelines with CI/CD across the ML and LLM lifecycle.


This is a hybrid role in Dallas, TX and requires 4 days per week in the office. May consider qualified applicants in Columbus, OH; Tampa, FL; Atlanta, GA; Houston, TX.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 25% to 75% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here's What You Need:
  • Minimum 10 years of experience on Databricks and large-scale big data projects (Delta Lake, DLT, Apache Spark, Unity Catalog). You've also built API layers that expose data and AI/ML capabilities to enterprise systems.
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in Python, Java, or equivalent. Comfortable with evaluation tooling, logging, monitoring, and observability.
  • Minimum 10 years of experience deploying and operating production systems with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability tooling. Practical MLOps and LLMOps experience: CI/CD across the ML and LLM lifecycle covering model training, evaluation harnesses, model serving, monitoring, and prompt management.
  • Minimum 1 year experience in designing and shipping agentic AI solutions in production.
  • Minimum 1 year of experience with agentic orchestration tools (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar). Hands on with Databricks AI tooling: Mosaic AI, Vector Search, Model Serving, MLflow, and Unity Catalog governance. You've built RAG and multi-agent systems on the Databricks Intelligence Platform.
  • Minimum 1 year experience working with AI platforms across OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, and open-source models.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)


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 for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 06/30/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $132,500 to $366,300
Cleveland $122,700 to $293,000
Colorado $132,500 to $316,400
District of Columbia $141,100 to $337,000
Illinois $122,700 to $316,400
Maryland $132,500 to $316,400
Massachusetts $132,500 to $337,000
Minnesota $132,500 to $316,400
New York $122,700 to $366,300
New Jersey $141,100 to $366,300
Washington $141,100 to $337,000

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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