AI Engineer (Coimbra)

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 seeking a highly qualified professional to join our team as an AI / Forward Deployed Engineer (multiple seniority levels). This role supports an Accenture client context, working on a global-market AI product already deployed across multiple geographies. You will work close to customers, product, engineering, architecture, and delivery teams to translate business needs into robust solutions through configuration, integration, adaptation, and continuous improvement. We are hiring profiles with 1 to 6 years of experience (from early-career to senior contributors who can guide others).

Qualifications

2–6 years of experience in technology projects (application development, implementation, systems integration, or client-facing delivery)

Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Data Science, or similar field (or equivalent practical experience)

Experience or exposure to AI-enabled platforms, digital solution implementation, or automation projects

Solid understanding of APIs and system integration, including REST, common integration patterns, and enterprise workflows

Practical programming skills in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript

Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; comfortable collaborating with cross-functional and multicultural teams

Experience with Generative AI, including LLMs, and AI-enabled components (automation, agents)

Responsibilities

Understand the product’s capabilities, limitations, configuration options, and extension points

Analyze functional and technical requirements with customer and delivery teams and translate them into implementable solutions

Configure, adapt, and implement AI-enabled solutions aligned to specific customer use cases

Design and support integrations between the platform and enterprise systems using APIs, authentication/authorization, and secure integration practices

Participate in technical solution design to ensure alignment with customer architecture and operational constraints

Implement and support flows, automations, agentic components, tool calling/function calling, and other AI-enabled platform features

Test, validate, debug, and optimize solutions to meet quality, reliability, and performance requirements

Apply AI knowledge (where applicable) including LLM, Speech-to-Text (STT), and Text-to-Speech (TTS) capabilities to support customer needs

Contribute to reusable assets, implementation patterns, best practices, and technical documentation

Identify opportunities to improve platform usage and consistency across multiple geographies/markets

For more senior profiles (typically 3–6 years): lead or co-lead use case analysis, assess trade-offs (latency/quality/cost/scalability), identify risks and mitigations, and support junior engineers in problem-solving

Nice to Have

Experience working on client-facing initiatives or in international/multi-geography contexts

Familiarity with STT/TTS considerations (quality, latency, language support, multilingual requirements)

Additional Information

Location: Coimbra

Working Model: Hybrid