Job DescriptionSoftware Engineer- AI Enabled Full Stack Engineer Role Location: BelfastSalary: Competitive (based on experience)Level: Accenture will be hiring at SpecialistPlease Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application. Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirementAccenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.
We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.
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Julie Sweet, Accenture CEOAs a team:
Join Accenture and help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.
Accenture Technology powers our clients to achieve high performance. We combine business and industry insights with innovative technology to drive growth for our clients. We extend our technology and business capabilities through a powerful alliance ecosystem of market leaders and innovators to provide our clients the best specialised skills and tailored solutions.
You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.
If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.
The OpportunityAre you an engineer who doesn't just write code - but thinks with AI at your side? At Accenture Technology,we'relooking for curious, ambitious Software Engineers who are already using AI-enabled tooling to move faster, build smarter, and deliver more. Thisisn'ta role where AI adoption is a future aspiration -it'sthe way we work today.
You'llbe embedded in real client engagements across ourpractice- building next-generation applications where AI accelerates everything from design and development to testing and deployment. With access to Accenture's unmatched global resources, deep partnerships with the world's leading technology companies, and a culture built on continuous innovation,you'llwork onchallenges that are genuinely complex - and youwon'tface them alone.You'llbesurrounded by a team of talented, passionate engineers who share knowledge openly, lift each other up, and are as invested in your growth as they are in deliveringgreat work.
This role sits within our Health and Public Service practice, giving you the opportunity to deliver technology solutions that serve communities and make a real societal impact.
What You'll DoWe believe the best engineers own their work end-to-end - from the first line of code to live production.Here'show that breaks down:
Build- Collaborate with business stakeholders to shape requirements and translate them into clean, well-designed technical solutions
- Deliver production-grade Java applications using AI-assisted development practices (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or equivalent)
- Build prototypes and integrations acrosslarge complexenterprise systems
- Contribute to prompt engineering and AI workflow design as part of your standard delivery practice
Own- Take accountability for live application health - leading incident response, root cause analysis, and rapid resolution
- Use AI-assisted diagnostics toidentifyissues faster and implement robust, versioned fixes
- Handle JSON/XML message manipulation and database-level troubleshooting with confidence
Evolve- Continuously improve the systems you work on - reducing technical debt, improving resilience, and raising the bar on code quality
- Apply AI-enabled tooling to refactoring, test coverage, and monitoring
- Stay ahead of emerging engineering practices and bringnew ideasinto the team
Qualification- BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 4+ years' commercial experience across the full development lifecycle (design, build, test, deploy, support)
- Strong Core Java development skills; experience with Spring (Boot, MVC, REST)and API Design
- Strong front-end development skills; experience with Angular, HTML, CSS,Javascript
- Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases; familiarity with Hibernate
- Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments using GIT and JIRA
- Active user of AI-enabled development tooling(e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) - we want to hear howyou'reusing these in your day-to-day work
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset; comfortable with ambiguity
- Clear communicator - written and verbal - with a genuine team-player attitude
AI-Enabled Skills (Essential at CL9)- Demonstrated use of LLM-based coding assistants to improve productivity, code quality, or test coverage
- Familiarity with prompt engineering concepts and applying them in a development context
- Awareness of AI safety and responsible AI use in a software engineering context
- Experience withdesigning and implementing agentic workflows within theSDLC, AI-assisted debugging, or AI-enabled CI/CD pipelines
Desirable- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native development patterns
- Familiarity with Kafka, Spring Batch, or event-driven architectures
- Knowledge ofDevSecOpsor SRE practices, particularly where AI tooling has been applied
What Sets You ApartWe'reespecially interested in engineers who can point to specific examples of how AI tooling has changed the way they work - faster delivery, better test coverage, smarter debugging, cleaner architecture. Youdon'tneed to be an AI researcher; you need to be an engineer who has genuinely leaned in.
What'sin It for YouAt Accenture,you'llreceive a competitive salary and an extensive benefits package. Flexible working arrangements can be discussed depending on the position.
Applications close date: 31/05/2026
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
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