Senior AI Engineer

Description

Summary: Join Accenture Digital Core to innovate and deliver robust, secure, and scalable digital solutions by designing, operating, and troubleshooting data and ML pipelines. Highlights: 1. Design and troubleshoot end-to-end data and ML pipelines in production. 2. Develop production-grade solutions using Python, SQL, JSON/YAML, Git. 3. Collaborate with diverse teams in distributed environments. **Accenture Digital Core** At **Accenture Digital Core**, we help clients continuously innovate at speed and at scale, combining deep industry expertise with cutting\-edge technology to deliver meaningful transformation. You will bring innovation, intelligence and experience together to shape robust, secure and scalable digital solutions. **What You'll Do** * Design, operate and troubleshoot end‑to‑end data and ML pipelines in production environments; * Integrate and run ML/AI models, ensuring correct handling of inputs, outputs and data changes; * Build and maintain batch and streaming pipelines using Spark / PySpark; * Monitor systems using logs, metrics and alerts, ensuring operational stability; * Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for data and ML workloads on Azure; * Collaborate with backend, platform and business teams in distributed environments; * Develop production‑grade solutions using Python, SQL, JSON/YAML, Git; * Implement and debug pipelines on Azure (Data Lake, Databricks); * Use ML experimentation tools (MLflow, Weights \& Biases, Databricks ML) and notebooks (e.g. Synapse); * Ensure idempotent processing, performance profiling and safe re‑runs; * Apply data validation, sanity checks and numerical precision awareness; * Ensure observability through log and metric interpretation; * Apply basic access control (RBAC) and secure data handling practices * Work within regulated environments (Financial Services); * Participate in Agile delivery, documentation practices and incident awareness; * Model Lifecycle awareness as well as assumptions \& limitations; * Aware of compliance contraints; **What You Bring** * University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering, or a comparable technical field; * 7 to 10 years of relevant work experience; * Experience in data/AI production environments; * Experience in incident/support environments; * Experience with Python (production usage), SQL and SQL‑based database systems; * Knowledge in PySpark / Spark, Azure (Synapse, Data Lake, Databricks) as well as CI/CD and DevOps tools (Azure DevOps, pipelines); * Understanding of Monitoring tools (logs, alerts); * Professional English (C1 Level required in spoken and written); * French or Dutch is a plus; * Effective communication with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders; * Strong collaboration skills within distributed and cross‑functional teams; * Proactive mindset with a high sense of ownership and accountability; * Structured approach to incident and problem management; * Ability to prioritize workload efficiently in a dynamic environment. **Legal: Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal** **What We Offer** * Health insurance; * Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs; * Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist); * Wellness programs; * Flexben Program (Support for Education, Kindergarden, Training, Technology, Health); * Employee Share Purchase Plan; * Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Plurisight Plataforms; * Flex\-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities); * Special banking conditions; * Hybrid working model.