Join Accenture Song in London as a Front End Engineering Manager on a full-time basis. In this Manager role, you will lead engineering across large digital and agile transformation programmes, propel the use of Generative AI, and advise clients on building world-class product and platform engineering capabilities.
Requirements
Previous experience leading front end engineering teams or squads.
Experience building with modern frontend technologies on web and or mobile such as React, iOS, Android, or React Native.
Experience using Generative AI within workflows or products.
Experience integrating cloud services into complex solutions using GraphQL or RESTful APIs.
Experience in software engineering senior roles like Engineering Lead or Team Lead.
Extensive experience in agile environments for digital product creation.
No specific degree or minimum years of experience stated.
Skills & Responsibilities
React and Mobile Frameworks: Lead front-end engineering for web and mobile platforms using modern technologies like React, iOS, Android, or React Native to deliver compelling user-facing products.
Generative AI: Propel the use of Generative AI within workflows and products to enhance user experiences and create scalable AI solutions.
Agile Engineering & CI/CD: Drive large digital and agile transformation programmes while applying modern engineering practices including systems architecture, quality engineering, and CI/CD.
API Integration: Integrate cloud services directly into complex solutions using GraphQL and RESTful APIs.
Client Advisory & Leadership: Build strong client relationships, advise on platform engineering capabilities, and maximize team performance through mentorship and career development.
Potential transition routes: People from Senior Software Engineer or Technical Lead roles may bring strong programming and architecture skills, alongside meeting the required agile and leadership experience.
Job description
Role- Front End Engineering Manager
Location- London
Level- Manager
Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients by combining creativity, technology, and data-driven intelligence. Within Song, our Agentic Commerce practice helps organisations design, build, and scale modern digital commerce ecosystems — embedding Generative AI and Agentic AI into commerce to enable real-time personalisation, autonomous merchandising, and intelligent customer engagement at scale.
About the role:
We’re looking for individuals who are experts in front-end engineering for mobile or web platforms, with deep experience in modern frameworks and performance optimization. You’ll bring hands-on experience with generative AI technologies and understand how to apply them to enhance product experiences. Consulting experience is also key — you’ll be comfortable engaging with clients, shaping solutions, and driving strategic outcomes.
As a frontend engineering manager, you will:
Support growth within our customer technology product engineering practice
Advise clients on how to build product and platform engineering capabilities and teams
Build strong client relationships focused on customer, digital and platforms
Lead engineering across large digital & agile transformation programmes
Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists and Engineers to deliver compelling user-facing products and solutions
Propel the use of Generative AI within our work and products
Provide input to technology & engineering thought leadership to our clients and teams
Maximise team performance through mentorship, skills learning and career development
Contribute to developing offerings, assets, capabilities, and attend events
We are looking for experience in the following:
Previous experience leading front end engineering teams/squads
Experience of building with modern frontend technologies on web and/or mobile (e.g. React/iOS/Android/React Native)
Use of Generative AI within your workflows and/or products you are creating
Experience with integrating cloud services directly into complex solutions (GraphQL/Restful APIs)
Previous experience in software engineering senior roles (e.g. Engineering Lead, Team Lead)
Extensive experience in agile environments for digital product creation
Broad experience in modern engineering practices including:
Comfortable in articulating trends in technology and engineering practices
Experience improving speed and quality outcomes using modern engineering practices
Set yourself apart:
Presented your work at an event or conference
Experience developing short & long-term plans for a teams growth and transformation
Track record at engaging with senior leadership as a trusted advisor
Created proven scalable solutions, especially with AI
What’s in it for you:
Our Total Rewards consist of a competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus, opportunities to acquire equity and a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits. These include perks such as:
Up to 30 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year for charitable work of choice.
Family-friendly and flexible work policies.
Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources.
Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support.
Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling.
A range of generous Parental Leave offerings.
Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.
There is a requirement to work from the office 3 days per week, and on site with client when required.
Please note that with all our roles, you should expect some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building rapport with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.
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About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.
