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AI SDLC Forward Deployed Engineer - Consultant

London, GBFull-time2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10

Core

Hands-on technical contributor designing, building, and shipping advanced AI products (traditional and agentic) inside client systems using AI SDLC workflows.

Role type

Senior IC forward-deployed AI engineer (consultant)

Builds

Production AI applications, MCP servers, sub-agents, agent orchestration frameworks, and evaluation tooling

Domain

Enterprise AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, LLMs, prompt engineering, agent development, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD

Preferred skills

Go, Rust, MLOps tooling, AI safety frameworks, enterprise AI governance

Responsibilities

Build and ship applications inside client systems, create reusable technical assets, support enterprise deployments of frontier AI, accelerate AI adoption with client teams, maintain cutting-edge expertise on LLMs and agentic frameworks, represent Accenture in client interactions

Seniority

Consultant (2–4 years experience)