Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Qualification

• Here’s what you need
• Education & Experience :
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solutions architecture, or technical consulting
• 3+ years delivering AI/ML or LLM-based solutions in production
• Proven track record of leading complex, customer-facing technical engagements
• Technical Skills:
• Programming & Engineering
• You write production-quality code and have strong opinions about what that means. You're expert-level in at least one language and comfortable picking up others as the problem demands. You understand distributed systems and API design deeply enough to spot architectural risk early, and you've lived through enough incidents to know why observability and CI/CD hygiene matter.
• LLM & AI Platforms
• You have hands-on experience with Claude, GPT, and Gemini in production, not just demos. You understand the real trade-offs between models: cost, latency, context limits, reasoning quality, and where each breaks down. You know prompt engineering beyond the basics, have built RAG pipelines that handle messy real-world data, and have worked with agentic frameworks and MCP. Vector database selection and chunking strategy aren't abstract concepts to you.
• Cloud & Data Technologies
• You're strong on at least one major cloud platform (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP) and you understand how enterprise infrastructure constraints shape what you can actually deploy. You've worked with containerisation and orchestration in production environments, not just local Docker setups.
• Data Platforms
• You're comfortable working across the data stack, whether that's Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, or something bespoke. You know enough to integrate LLMs with complex data environments without needing a data engineer to translate for you.
• Bonus points if with
• Experience deploying AI solutions in regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, or government
• Familiarity with responsible AI and model risk management frameworks
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical publications
• Experience with evaluation and observability tools such as LangSmith, Promptfoo, or Weights & Biases
• Prior experience in a startup or high-growth technology environment
• Benefits of working at Accenture:
• · 18 weeks paid parental leave
• · Long & short-term career break opportunities
• · Structured career development program
• · Local and international career opportunities.
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