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Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. \nJoin Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. \nJoin us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!\nAbout the APX Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Program \nAPX (Advanced Partnership Accelerator) is a Center of Excellence under AFS’ Data & AI capability. The APX Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Program represents a strategic initiative to position Accenture Federal Services at the forefront of artificial intelligence innovation in government. This program embeds elite technical talent directly with federal clients to accelerate the adoption and implementation of frontier AI capabilities from leading laboratories including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and other cutting-edge AI partners. \nAs an FDE, you will serve as the critical bridge between breakthrough AI technology and mission-critical federal applications. You'll work hands-on with the most advanced AI models available, translating their transformative potential into tangible value for defense, intelligence, civilian, and public health missions. This is not a traditional consulting role; FDEs are technical practitioners, innovators, and trusted advisors who operate at the cutting edge of what's possible with AI in highly regulated, high-security federal environments. \nWhat You Will Do\nThe APX FDE program exists because federal missions cannot wait for slow, siloed development cycles. They need embedded engineers who move with urgency, autonomy, and precision. As an experienced hire, you will lead the rapid engineering, deployment, and scaling of mission-critical AI native solutions for the federal government. You will shape solution architectures, drive delivery for clients, and serve as the technical anchor embedded at the mission edge. \nLead and Drive Mission Embedded Build Teams \nServe as the technical lead working within federal client teams, guiding engineering decisions in fast, complex conditions (e.g., autonomous AI at the edge) \nArchitect, build, and deploy rapid prototypes using frontier AI tools and frameworks \nTranslate complex, ambiguous mission problems into actionable technical roadmaps and implementable designs to build production-grade systems. \nSupport integration of AI-native solutions into diverse client environments, including legacy platforms, regulated data ecosystems, and classified environments \nOperate across the tech stack, frontend, backend, APIs, orchestration layers, data pipelines, with autonomy and engineering depth \nDrive development of applications and workflows that interact with structured and unstructured enterprise data at scale \nLead AI Native Engineering Practices \nLeverage advanced GenAI tooling, agentic frameworks, and autonomous workflows as core components of daily engineering delivery \nDesign and implement sophisticated GenAI solutions such as RAG architectures, semantic search systems, and agentic orchestration \nEvaluate model performance, improve generations and pipelines, and uphold responsible AI practices in mission critical settings\nDrive fast experimentation cycles, ensuring close operator feedback loops and rapid iteration \nDelivery Excellence, Leadership, and Collaboration \nSet engineering direction for sprint cycles, mission outcomes, and client facing delivery expectations \nWork on a team of FDEs on architecture, debugging patterns, quality engineering, and deployment best practices \nCoordinate reach back to broader AFS resources to leverage the deep expertise across the firm on our client’s hardest problems. \nContribute to and refine APX reusable assets, accelerators, templates, and mission deployment playbooks \nSurface mission feedback, field intelligence, friction points, and integration challenges to APX leadership to strengthen future delivery strategies \nServe as a technical representative in client working sessions, ensuring clarity, trust, and precise communication \nWhat You Bring \nMission-first Mindset & Relentless Problem Solving: You move fast because the mission can’t wait. You make smart bets in ambiguous terrain, taking ownership early and giving every challenge your full drive before ever considering stepping back. You push through ambiguity, communicate risks and trade-offs, investigate solutions independently to forge the future, and maintain momentum even when the path forward is unclear. \nGrit & Tenacity to Engineer at the Edge: You remain steady when projects get messy and can keep pushing forward through rapid experimentation cycles. You show up confidently in client working sessions, support other FDEs at the mission edge, adapt in real time, and help teams operate decisively even in uncertainty. \nBias for Building: You iterate quickly, communicate plainly across technical and nontechnical teammates, ask sharp questions, and summarize decisions in a way that moves teams forward with confidence and alignment. You build work that adds value for our clients, making bold ideas happen fast. \nLimitless Curiosity & Frontier Learning: You learn rapidly across a wide, rapidly changing technical frontier, from LLMs and agent frameworks to cloud platforms and enterprise AI ecosystems. You approach new tools with curiosity, adaptability, and velocity, and you prefer building and testing over long specification cycles. \nHere’s What You Need \nBachelor’s degree or equivalent professional software engineering experience, including leading the design, build, and deployment of production systems \nWorking knowledge of platforms from frontier labs (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Azure OpenAI, Claude, etc.) \nExperience working with technical engineering teams, providing clear direction, and ensuring smooth delivery in demanding environments across a wide range of mission needs \nStrong proficiency in a general programming language like Python or Rust, with full stack capability across APIs, backend services, frontend interfaces, and orchestration layers \nDemonstrated experience building AI native solutions, LLM applications, agentic workflows, RAG systems, or semantic/knowledge applications \nStrong data engineering foundation with proficiency in database and ontology modeling, data modeling techniques, plus front-end awareness of how data structures shape user-facing functionality \nExperience developing reliable data ingestion pipelines that gracefully exit, detect and mitigate schema evolution and integrate structured and unstructured data reliably \nMust be a U.S. Citizen and ability to obtain a federal security clearance \nBonus Points if You Have \nDegree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Applied Sciences or a related technical field \nDeep familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern tech infrastructure patterns \nExperience integrating/deploying solutions within constrained or legacy environments \nDemonstrated ability to take concepts from zero to production ready systems independently \nRelevant Google, Anthropic, or OpenAI certifications or training courses \nAbility to travel (up to 100%) depending on business need and client requirements \nActive federal security clearance \nAs required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.\nThe pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:\n$70,500—$203,400 USD\nWhat We Believe\nAs a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.\nEqual Employment Opportunity Statement\nWe believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. For details, view a copy of theAccenture Federal Services Equal Opportunity Policy Statement.\nAccenture Federal Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. 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