About this role
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. 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