Accenture Technology powers our clients to achieve high performance. We combine business and industry insights with innovative technology to drive growth for your business. We extend our technology and business capabilities through a powerful alliance ecosystem of market leaders and innovators to provide our clients the best specialized skills and tailored solutions.
We are looking for Mid and Senior AI Engineers to join our team and contribute to the development, operation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of our data and AI platforms. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring the reliability, performance, and ongoing evolution of our AI solutions, with opportunities to make an impact at different levels of experience and expertise.
Qualifications
- Strong experience in AI, Software Engineering, or related areas
- Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI ecosystems
- Strong proficiency in Python and modern software engineering practices
- Solid understanding of AI application architectures, including Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Experience with vector databases and semantic search solutions
- Knowledge of agentic frameworks, tool calling, and orchestration patterns
- Understanding of AI safety, evaluation, monitoring, and guardrails
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Understanding of MLOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and model deployment workflows
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills
- Fluency in Portuguese and English B2 (minimum)
Responsibilities
- Research, design, and develop AI‑powered solutions using state‑of‑the‑art ML and generative AI technologies
- Build and optimize LLM‑based applications, including RAG pipelines and agentic workflows
- Design and integrate vector databases, prompt engineering strategies, and tool‑calling mechanisms
- Deploy, monitor, and optimize AI systems for performance, reliability, and scalability
- Apply AI safety, evaluation, and guardrail best practices across AI solutions
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate business needs into AI solutions
- Contribute to architecture decisions and platform scalability initiatives
Location: Lisbon
Legal: Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal.
Working Model: Hybrid
Experience Level: Mid - Senior (3-8 years)
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
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Skills Required
- Strong experience in AI, software engineering, or related areas
- Experience with large language models and generative AI ecosystems
- Strong proficiency in Python and modern software engineering practices
- Understanding of AI application architectures, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Experience with vector databases and semantic search solutions
- Knowledge of agentic frameworks, tool calling, and orchestration patterns
- Understanding of AI safety, evaluation, monitoring, and guardrails
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Understanding of MLOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and model deployment workflows
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Fluency in Portuguese and English at B2 minimum
- Three to eight years of experience
- Valid work permit or EU/Schengen nationality to work legally in Portugal
Accenture Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Accenture and has not been reviewed or approved by Accenture.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay is considered competitive when paired with robust insurance options and other perks that compare well with large consulting and IT services peers. Multiple national medical plan options plus dental and vision are positioned as a core strength of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout feature through a 401(k) dollar-for-dollar match up to a set percentage after eligibility. The package is reinforced by additional financial programs such as savings tools and related resources.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and caregiving supports are presented as a meaningful benefit differentiator through substantial paid parental leave and multiple caregiver-oriented programs. Backup care and fertility/adoption/surrogacy navigation and reimbursements add breadth to family support beyond leave alone.
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