Accenture
AI Solutions Architect
$139K–$269K
Columbia, MD +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Columbia, MD
Columbia, Maryland, United States - Experience
- 8 years in software engineering or data science, including 3 years in leadership roles; 3 years hands-on with LLMs and/or generative AI applications.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (required); Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related discipline (strongly preferred).
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants for employment in the US must have 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
Leads cross-functional teams designing, building, and deploying production-scale LLM applications, from model development through enterprise integration.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor engineers; set technical roadmaps and manage delivery, resources, and stakeholder communications.
- Architect and oversee full-stack LLM systems, including RAG, model fine-tuning, APIs, vector databases, and MLOps pipelines.
- Build evaluation, safety, and responsible-AI practices; collaborate on requirements, security, compliance, and technical proposals.
What they ask for
- 8 years in software engineering or data science, including 3 years in leadership roles.
- 3 years of hands-on experience with LLMs and/or generative AI applications.
- Experience deploying production AI/ML systems at scale and managing cross-functional technical teams.
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph.
Nice to have
- Relevant certifications in prompt engineering, LLM development, or AI ethics.
- DoD 8140 Policy Framework.
Pay
$139,300 — $269,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, Next.js, FastAPI, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock
AI focus
Leads enterprise LLM and generative AI development, including RAG, fine-tuning, model evaluation, safety guardrails, agents, and multimodal applications.
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