AI LLM Technical Architect Full-time

LLM and Gen AI Technical Architecture Sr Manager

We Are:

Accenture is helping companies use generative AI to reinvent their enterprise and optimize business functions for breakthrough innovation and competitive advantage. With over 1,600 professionals dedicated to generative AI, leveraging the depth and experience of more than 40,000 AI and data professionals across the company our Generative AI and LLM Center of Excellence brings together our Experienced Innovation, Strategic Investment, Exceptional Talent, and Power Ecosystem.

You Are:

As a Full Stack LLM Sr Technical Architect you will

• Provide strategic direction for Generative AI application development and deployment.
• Engage with top-level stakeholders and drive strategic partnerships.
• Ensure that AI projects align with and contribute to overall business objectives.
• Foster an environment of innovation and ensure adherence to industry best practices in AI
• Oversee the development and deployment of Generative AI applications.
• Ensure that AI applications comply with ethical guidelines and legal standards, particularly regarding data privacy and user consent.
• Identify and address risks associated with AI projects.
• Develop large language model (LLM)-based applications.
• Build, train, and fine tune LLMs to improve performance, accuracy and alignment of the general-purpose models.
• Develop and integrate LLMs and/or LLM applications into products and services. Design, develop, and optimize Artificial Intelligence (AI) prompts.

The work:

• Optimize Large Language Models (LLMs) to guide their outputs towards high-quality and contextually relevant responses, utilizing domain knowledge.
• Design comprehensive systems that incorporate LLMs or LLM applications.
• Formulate effective prompts for Generative AI models and develop applications using a complete technology stack.
• Apply domain-specific data and techniques for domain adaptation. Enhance model accuracy and effectiveness through fine-tuning.
• Mitigating any biases in models. Developing solutions for ethical usage of AI and adherence to industry standards and regulations.
• Developing and executing comprehensive testing plans for AI applications.
• Prepare reports and presentations to update stakeholders on progress and insights.
• Establishing metrics and KPIs to measure the performance and impact of LLM applications.
• Exploring emerging technologies and their potential integration into business solutions.
• Building relationships with external partners, vendors, and the AI community to enhance capabilities.
• Actively supporting the sales team in articulating the value and capabilities of our AI offerings to drive business growth.
• Lead initiatives to develop and enhance the organization’s capabilities in LLM technology. Assist in shaping LLM Full Stack development practice in North America and globally, Identifying skill gaps and the development of training programs.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s what you need:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
• Minimum of 6 years’ extensive experience in Technical leadership and team management, preferably in AI-driven project environments.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in designing robust and scalable system architectures
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in conversational AI , NLP and Cognitive Search
• Minimum of 6 years’ strong experience in software development, with a significant portion focused on AI and machine learning.
• Minimum of 12 months’ of technical experience with Generative AI – LLM models and associated application frameworks

Bonus point if you have:

• Experience with cutting-edge AI research or contributions to open-source AI projects

Our Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity

At Accenture, inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and embedded in our core values. We are committed to creating a workforce where our people can feel comfortable, be themselves and contribute. Like Canada itself, Accenture employees represent a tremendous variety of cultures, ethnicities, beliefs, backgrounds and languages. We offer an inclusive environment regardless of personal characteristics such as ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age or disability.

Requesting an Accommodation

Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009, send us an email or speak with your recruiter.

Other Employment Statements

It is currently our objective to assign our people to work near where they live. However, given the nature of our business and our need to serve clients, our employees must be available to travel when needed.

Job candidates are not required to disclose any offence for which a pardon has been granted.