AI Engineer - Senior

The role

This person will design, develop, and deploy scalable AI, ML, and generative AI systems. They will build data pipelines, implement algorithms, and operationalize models using MLOps.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable AI, ML, and generative AI systems.
• Build data pipelines for model training, evaluation, and inference.
• Implement algorithms in Python and operationalize models using MLOps, CI/CD, and containerization frameworks.
• Design and maintain APIs and microservices.
• Optimize models for accuracy, latency, and scalability.
• Ensure compliance with AI governance, documentation, and ethical standards.
• Collaborate with agile engineering teams to deploy production-level GenAI models and applications.

Required qualifications

• US Citizen with an Active TS/SCI CIP
• Bachelor’s degree required with a minimum of 8 years of experience in AI/ML.
• Advanced Python programming skills.
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience deploying production GenAI/LLM systems, embeddings, and vector databases.
• Practical experience with MLOps tools such as MLflow, Azure ML, or Vertex AI.
• Background in NLP, computer vision, or reinforcement learning.

Nice to have

• Experience in federal, defense, or highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of ethical AI, governance frameworks, and secure development practices.
• Skills in large-scale optimization, GPU acceleration, or distributed training.
• Experience building APIs, microservices, and automated ML workflows.

Benefits

• Certifications
• Industry training

Before you apply

• US Citizen with an Active TS/SCI CIP
• Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
• Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

About the company

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company within global Accenture that helps the US federal government. Their 13,000+ people work across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.