Engineering Lead at Accenture in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Engineering Lead Location: Dublin Engineering Lead Role level Experienced Engineering Lead@The Dock About The Dock The Dock is Accenture's flagship R&D and Global InnovationCenter, based in Dublin's Grand Canal Dock. As an incubation hub for the next generation of AI and GenAI agentic solutions, we bring together a global community of business strategists, designers, engineers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs to solve some of the world's hardest problems and build products and services that help industries adapt to rapid change. Our teamsoperateacross the full innovation spectrum — from early exploration through to real-world deployment — working in tight, multidisciplinary pods that turn ideas into things clients canactually use. About the Role As anEngineering Lead, you willown and deliver engineering workstreamsend‑to‑end, from early technical discovery through to implementation and handover. You willoperatein aninnovation‑drivenenvironment where requirements may be incomplete and timelines constrained; the expectation is that you bring structure, maketrade‑offs, and deliver working software with a clear path todeploymentandongoingsupport. This is ahands‑onengineering role.Success is not just writingcode, butdelivering working solutionsend‑to‑end. You will drive delivery by personally owning significant parts of the implementation, shaping scope and approach in collaboration with peers, and ensuring solutions can be deployed,operated, and evolved. Youwill work closely with data scientists, engineers, and product partners to turn requirements into AI-enabled capabilities embedded in real products. Youwill stay current on AI tooling,but apply it with the judgement of an engineer, not the enthusiasm of an early adopter. That means balancingwhat'sfast to build against what the team (or client) will have tomaintainsix months later. You will also contribute to team capability through code reviews, pairing, shared patterns and standards, and practical improvements to how the team builds and ships software. Desired Skills & Experience 5–8 years’ experienceas a software engineer delivering production‑grade systems. Proven experienceowning and delivering technical workstreams end‑to‑end, from early solution design throughimplementation and handover. Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, APIs, data management, testing, and code quality. Hands‑on experiencebuilding and integrating AI‑enabled capabilitiesinto products or platforms (application and integration focused, not research). Demonstrated ability tooperateeffectively inambiguous problem spaces, translating evolving requirements into clear technical approaches. Experience across thefull software development lifecycle, including operational and support considerations. Familiarity withcloud‑native environmentsand modern delivery tooling (CI/CD pipelines, containers, managed services). Proven ability to make and clearly explainengineering trade‑offsacross speed, quality, scalability, security, and cost. Experience shaping technical approaches with awareness ofdelivery cost, sustainability, and downstream effort. Strong experience working incross‑functionalteams, partnering with product, design, data science, and commercial colleagues. Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly tonon‑technicalstakeholders. Takesontechnical ownership anddecision‑makingwhileremainingahands‑ontechnology contributor. ExtrasWe’dLove to See Experience delivering work in aninnovation‑led, consulting, or product incubation environment. Strong solution design skills — able to take a problem from concept through to a technical architecture that holds up under review. Exposure toLLM‑basedsystems, ML platforms, or AI orchestration patternsused in real deployments. Demonstrated contribution toreusable assets, accelerators, or shared engineering standards. Experienceoperatingwithin alarge, matrixed organisationwith shared ownership and dependencies. Naturally curious about the wider AI landscape, andtestsassumptions in code. Enjoys the loop between "what's out there" and "does it actually solve our problem" — and flags the gaps along the way. 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. 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