GenAI Platform Engineer

About this role

Accenture Federal Services seeks a GenAI Platform Engineer to build and operationalize production-grade AI systems for federal government missions. You'll design reliable, secure, and cost-efficient LLM/RAG platforms with enterprise-grade observability, guardrails, and compliance controls for defense, national security, and civilian agencies.

What you'll do

• Deploy and harden LLM/RAG services with mission data grounding and low hallucination rates
• Implement governance controls including prompt management, policy filtering, role-based access, and audit trails
• Define and track SLIs/SLOs for quality, latency, safety, and cost; run on-call support and incident response
• Optimize performance through caching, batching, autoscaling, and FinOps cost management
• Build reusable platform components like SDKs, CI/CD templates, and infrastructure-as-code modules
• Evaluate and improve retrieval quality, helpfulness, and safety using offline/online testing

What they're looking for

• Python programming
• Vector search and retrieval systems (pgvector, Milvus, OpenSearch)
• Cloud or on-premises AI service integration
• SRE practices and observability tools
• Infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD
• LLM/RAG architecture and prompt engineering
• Security and compliance in regulated environments
• FinOps and cost optimization

Benefits

• Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work recognition
• Hands-on experience with cutting-edge generative AI technology
• Professional development through certifications and industry training
• Collaborative, inclusive work environment
• Fast-paced delivery culture (shipping in weeks)
• Impact on federal missions supporting national security and public safety