Applied AI Engineer, Founding Team Lead

Accenture•Milwaukee, NY

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Accenture's Oracle Business Group AI Center of Excellence is a dynamic and active enterprise AI innovation environment within the Oracle ecosystem. We develop practical products that are used in production, including a knowledge platform that spans 27 Oracle knowledge servers and over 980,000 documents. We operate with the speed of a startup within a global platform and are experiencing rapid growth. This is a founding team opportunity where the initial hires will play a crucial role in shaping the team's culture, systems, and the direction of our work.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering, AI/ML, or enterprise technology.
Minimum of 1 year of experience with hybrid retrieval systems (vector search, knowledge graphs, or structured search pipelines) and an understanding of context engineering for reliable agents.
Minimum of 1 year of hands-on experience building and deploying agentic AI systems (Claude/Anthropic, or equivalent).
Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, agentic harness frameworks, or tool-use orchestration.
Experience designing evaluation frameworks or quality gates for AI system output.
Proven ability to translate complex AI concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience.

Nice To Haves

Functional Oracle knowledge (EPM, ERP, or OCI).
Experience with agentic harness frameworks.
Pre-sales, sales solutioning, or client-facing delivery background.
Experience in a startup, entrepreneurial, design, or product-led environment.
Consulting or professional services background in large-scale digital transformation.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the Knowledge Repository, a multi-tenant enterprise knowledge platform built on Oracle 23ai, which powers intelligent search and document retrieval at scale.
Build and extend MCP server infrastructure, our federated Model Context Protocol network across Oracle product lines, including retrieval pipelines and evaluation frameworks.
Accelerate AI-assisted sales pursuits by providing AI-generated content, live demo agents, and intelligent presentation assets to help sales teams close deals faster.
Serve as an Anthropic / AI coding agent Subject Matter Expert (SME) for both internal teams and client-facing engagements.
Partner with solution architects, sales, and delivery teams to integrate AI solutions across the Accenture-Oracle alliance.
Travel may be required for this role, with the amount varying from 0 to 100% based on business needs and client requirements.