Job Description

AI Engineer @ The Dock

Department: Accenture Ireland

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Dublin

Compensation: €40,000 / year

About The Dock


The Dock is Accenture’s flagship R&D and Global Innovation Center, based in Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock. As an incubation hub for the next generation of AI and GenAI agentic solutions, The Dock brings together a global community of business strategists, designers, engineers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs.

Our mission is to solve some of the world’s hardest problems and create transformational products and services that help industries thrive in the face of unprecedented change. From shaping the future of work with intelligent systems to building breakthrough digital platforms, our team operates across the entire innovation spectrum, from exploration to real‑world deployment.

At The Dock, we experiment boldly, collaborate openly, and build the future in real time.

About the Role


We’re looking for an AI Engineer to join our team at The Dock. You’ll be part of an innovation-driven technical team helping to design, build and deliver products with the latest technologies—from early prototypes to scalable production systems.

In this role, you will contribute to the design, development and deployment of AI-enabled products and services, working as part of a multidisciplinary team across engineering, design, product and data science. You will help build robust, secure and scalable solutions, support experimentation with new technologies, and contribute to the delivery of innovative products from prototype through to production.

This role would suit someone with strong engineering fundamentals, a curiosity for problem-solving, and a genuine interest in applying AI and GenAI technologies to real business challenges. Knowledge sharing, collaboration and continuous learning are central to how we work at The Dock.

Key Responsibilities

• You must have a curious approach to problem-solving, bringing a systems thinking mindset to the role and a strong sense of ownership.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested and documented code.
• Work closely with engineers, product managers, designers, architects and data scientists to deliver solutions that meet business and user needs.
• Support the translation of business requirements into functional and non-functional technical requirements.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to fortnightly knowledge sharing with peers
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve software defects and performance issues
• Explore new technologies, design patterns and engineering approaches to support innovation and improve delivery
• Assist in the continuous improvement of development processes and CI/CD delivery pipelines
• Use AI tools to accelerate engineering tasks, automate processes and improve quality and documentation where appropriate
• Contribute to a collaborative team culture with a strong sense of ownership, curiosity and continuous improvement

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or other relevant fields
• Strong foundation in software engineering principles and object-oriented programming
• Experience developing applications in Python, ideally with frameworks such as FastAPI
• Experience building and integrating APIs and backend services
• Experience with AWS or Azure services, especially serverless (e.g., Lambda, API Gateway, Azure functions)
• Understanding of CI/CD, source control and modern software delivery practices, including Git, branching, pull requests, code reviews and unit testing
• Understanding of Infrastructure-as-code concepts and tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Exposure to relational and NoSQL databases; familiarity with vector databases is a plus
• Strong communication skills, a collaborative mindset and an eagerness to learn and grow in a multidisciplinary team

Additional Skills We Value

• Exposure to data model concepts and design patterns
• Familiarity with a variety of modern machine learning concepts
• Exposure to Generative AI and agentic technologies, including LLM-based applications and MCP
• Experience working with cloud-native services across Azure, AWS or GCP
• Exposure to data engineering tools and platforms such as Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Databricks, etc
• Interest in technology architecture and design patterns
• Experience with agile development on multi-disciplinary agile project team with distributed stakeholders
• Exposure to data model concepts and design patterns
• Familiarity with a variety of modern machine learning concepts
• Exposure to Generative AI and agentic technologies, including LLM-based applications and MCP
• Experience working with cloud-native services across Azure, AWS or GCP
• Exposure to data engineering tools and platforms such as Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Databricks, etc
• Interest in technology architecture and design patterns
• Experience with agile development on multi-disciplinary agile project team with distributed stakeholders

What does Accenture, The Dock offer you?

Working at Accenture means joining a company that prides itself on being Truly Human. In addition to a competitive base salary, you’ll also have an extensive benefits package that includes:

• Pension contributions
• Private health insurance
• Employee share scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Emergency caring facilities
• 2 days’ leave per year for charitable work of your choice
• Professional membership
• Community events