Drimva

Accenture

AI / ML Engineer

$103K–$196K

Arlington, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026

Location
Arlington, VA
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Experience
3–6+ years in machine learning engineering, data science, or AI development; 3+ years leading technical teams.
Visa sponsorship
Applicants must have US work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

About the job

Builds and operates production AI/ML and generative AI solutions for federal government missions, from use-case definition through deployment and monitoring.

What you'll do

  • Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into AI/ML use cases and technical solutions; design, fine-tune, and evaluate ML and GenAI models.
  • Develop end-to-end ML pipelines and deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot scalable models and agents.
  • Collaborate across engineering and product teams while implementing data quality, security, governance, and Responsible AI practices.

What they ask for

  • US Citizen (Public Trust Eligible); applicants must have US work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.
  • 3–6+ years in machine learning engineering, data science, or AI development.
  • 3+ years leading technical teams, including setting technical standards and strategies and supporting compliance.
  • Hands-on cloud AI/ML platform experience, strong Python skills and ML framework familiarity, and understanding of LLMs, embeddings, vector search, and generative AI.

Nice to have

  • Google Cloud Professional certification (ML Engineer, Data Engineer, or Architect); experience with Vertex AI Search, Agents, RAG solutions, or vector databases.
  • Master’s degree; prior federal or regulated-industry experience; Responsible AI knowledge; familiarity with GCP operational tools or AWS/Azure equivalents.

Pay

$103,200 — $196,400 USD base pay

Tools

Python, SQL, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Vertex AI, Gemini, BigQuery

AI focus

Design, fine-tune, evaluate, and operate ML and GenAI models, including LLMs, RAG, embeddings, and agents; work includes Responsible AI, monitoring, and production deployment.

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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)