Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead

$163,000–$434,000annualizedSan Francisco, CA · Walnut Creek, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2DirectorToday

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About the job

Leads delivery governance and operational rigor for Accenture’s North America Forward Deployment Engineering team, overseeing concurrent enterprise Reinvention AI deployments from infrastructure setup through production handover.

Summary written from the posting.

What you’ll do

Lead end-to-end governance for North America Reinvention AI client deployments
Own delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and operating rhythms
Assess client readiness across AWS infrastructure, networking, identity, model access, and security
Standardize runbooks and drive deployment automation with Platform Engineering

What you’ll bring

12+ years in technology delivery management, technical program management, or enterprise platform implementation
2+ years designing, deploying, or operationalizing enterprise Generative AI solutions
1+ year implementing AI agent frameworks or agentic workflow integrations
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Technologies

AWS · Kubernetes · Amazon EKS · Terraform · OpenTofu · GitHub Actions · LangGraph · LangChain · AutoGen · Temporal.io

About Accenture

Accenture helps enterprises and governments reinvent strategy, technology, operations and customer growth through global consulting, managed services, AI/data, cloud and ecosystem partnerships.

Public · 5000+ people

Pay and conditions

Posted pay: $163,000–$434,000Annualized in US dollars
Pay details
California $163,000 to $434,000 Colorado $163,000 to $375,000 Connecticut $163,000 to $375,000 District of Columbia $173,500 to $399,300 Illinois $150,900 to $375,000 Maine $138,800 to $319,400 Maryland $163,000 to $375,000 Massachusetts $163,000 to $399,300 Minnesota $163,000 to $375,000 New York $150,900 to $434,000 New Jersey $173,500 to $434,000 Ohio $150,900 to $347,200 Virginia $150,900 to $399,300 Washington $173,500 to $399,300
Location: San Francisco, CA · Walnut Creek, CA · +1 more
Visa sponsorship: Not available
Experience requirements: 12+ years

The work, as we read it

Kind of work: Deployment team leadership

Our reading of the posting, not the employer’s words.

How this compares

The middle of this range is $299,000, above the $198,000 median for the 1,733 US FDE postings that state one. Half of those sit between $162,000 and $230,000.

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