> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22c678035fc1bf46 Accenture posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in Arlington, VA and 36 more, at $80,400–$316,300 base, level with the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Embeds with enterprise clients to design, build, and deploy production-grade agentic AI workflows and cloud-native systems, from rapid prototyping through operational rollout. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) First seen Sep 2, 2026 · open on Workday as of Nov 8, 2026 **$80,400–$316,300** *annualized* Arlington, VA +37 Embeds with enterprise clients to design, build, and deploy production-grade agentic AI workflows and cloud-native systems, from rapid prototyping through operational rollout. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F22c678035fc1bf46&placement=top) - [View posting at Accenture](https://accenture.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/AccentureCareers/job/Arlington-1201-Wilson-Corp/AI-Native-Software-Engineering-Manager_R00353532) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $80K–$316K Level with the median Midpoint $198K · median $190K This job $80K to $316K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Up to 100%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** Building cloud-native solutions - **3+ years** Engineering experience with cloud-native systems - **1+ years** Designing and deploying agentic solutions in production environments - **2+ years** Experience with AI platforms and multi-provider pipelines - **5+ years** Programming in Python, Java, or equivalent - **5+ years** Deploying to production - **5+ years** Client communication and collaboration - **12+ years** Work experience as an alternative to a bachelor's degree or equivalent - **6+ years** Work experience required with an associate degree Background - **Software engineering** Visa - **No visa sponsorship** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 1+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 more. Could you work in one of these? The posting says no visa sponsorship. Do you need one? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · Kirkland, WA · Cincinnati, OH · New York, NY · Cleveland, OH · Oklahoma City, OK · Austin, TX · Albany, NY · Chicago, IL · Pittsburgh, PA · Hartford, CT · Saint Louis, MO · Miami, FL · Sacramento, CA · Raleigh, NC · Minneapolis, MN · Mountain View, CA · Morristown, NJ · San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · Denver, CO · Philadelphia, PA · Des Moines, IA · Overland Park, KS · Los Angeles, CA · Walnut Creek, CA · Charlotte, NC · Seattle, WA · Carmel, IN · Houston, TX · Redmond, WA · Bentonville, AR · Beaverton, OR · Nashville, TN · Detroit, MI · San Diego, CA · St. Louis, Missouri - **Visa sponsorship**: Not available - **Travel**: Up to 100% - **Pay**: ## More like this [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63df41e380085308) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f6200112ac8aa08) New York, NY 3mo ago $150,000–$250,000 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee8d306129529a75) Reston, VA Remote 2w ago $160,000–$230,000 - [Other jobs at Accenture (43)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ## The job description from Accenture ### We are A forward-thinking services company at the forefront of AI-native innovation. We partner with enterprise clients to create next-generation, agent-powered workflows engineered to scale in real-world settings. Our engineers embed deeply with customers, moving projects beyond experimentation into operational reality. ### You are An AI Native Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of experience building cloud-native solutions, and deep expertise in designing and deploying agentic systems, especially for enterprise environments. You are a critical thinker that thrives in ambiguity, delivering concrete results by designing, building, and running custom AI agents that augment workflows and scale across modern infrastructure. You’ll help shape the playbook for how enterprises adopt and scale AI-native engineering globally. ### The Work You’ll embed directly with clients — acting as both technologist and trusted advisor. You’ll partner with stakeholders to define use cases, rapidly prototype, and deploy agentic workflows that are robust, secure, and operational in complex enterprise domains. Often, these will be completely net new platforms and systems that need to be stitched together in our clients' environments alongside our Ecosystem partners. ### Responsibilities - Agent Architecture and Engineering: Design and engineer enterprise-ready AI agents encompassing retrieval, orchestration, policy-based routing, tool invocation, evaluation harnesses, and lifecycle observability. - AI Platform Integration: Develop abstraction layers across AI providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, etc. ) to enable seamless integration and enablement. - Cloud-Native Engineering: Leverage containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), microservices, serverless, event-driven architectures, CI/CD, and observability to deliver scalable AI-native systems. - Domain-Specific Workflows: Tailor and deploy agentic applications across verticals — e.g., finance, healthcare, retail — addressing domain-specific processes via intelligent automation. - Client Engagement: Conduct design workshops, POCs, and code-with sessions to shape data-driven agent workflows with stakeholders, fostering trust and adoption. - Measure & Improve: Define and use key metrics, test harnesses, and evaluation plans to measure agent accuracy, latency, safety, and cost effectiveness. - Knowledge Sharing: Craft reusable patterns, documentation, and best practices to influence internal assets and client roadmaps. * **Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements. *** ### Here’s What You Need - Minimum of 3 years engineering experience with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containerization, serverless). - Minimum of 1 year expertise in designing and deploying agentic solutions (agents, orchestration, context engineering, RAG, workflows) in production environments. - Minimum of 2 years experience with AI platforms — OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, plus open-source models — including building abstraction layers to manage multi-provider pipelines. - Minimum of 5 years experience programming in Python, Java, or equivalent; familiarity with evaluation tooling, logging, monitoring, and agent observability. - Minimum of 5 years experience deploying to production — CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm), monitoring, and debugging. - Minimum of 5 years experience with client communication and collaboration, including being capable of leading technical workshops and delivering under ambiguity. - Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience) ### Bonus Points If - You’ve served as an Agentic AI Engineer in an Enterprise environment - Additional AI certifications or agentic tool experience is a plus. - You’ve defined or worked with enterprise-grade architectures for compound AI systems, orchestration frameworks, or agent registry/stream-based architectures. - You understand the AI-native paradigm — blending cloud-native with generative model architectures — optimizing for performance, modularity, and efficiency. - You’ve delivered solutions across multiple industries (e.g., finance, healthcare) by tailoring agentic workflows to industry needs 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 10/16/2026. 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 $94,400 to $316,300 Cleveland $87,400 to $253,000 Colorado $94,400 to $273,200 District of Columbia $100,500 to $291,000 Illinois $87,400 to $273,200 Maine $80,400 to $232,800 Maryland $94,400 to $273,200 Massachusetts $94,400 to $291,000 Minnesota $94,400 to $273,200 New York $87,400 to $316,300 New Jersey $100,500 to $316,300 Virginia $87,400 to $291,000 Washington $100,500 to $291,000 ### #LI-MP ### About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com * **What We Believe*** *We have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture has the responsibility to create and sustain an inclusive environment.* *Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. *Read more here * **Requesting An Accommodation*** Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired. If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs such as for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009 or send us an email or speak with your recruiter. * **Equal Employment Opportunity Statement*** We 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, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. 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The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information. California requires additional notifications for applicants and employees. 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