Job Description
At Udacity (a part of Accenture), we aim to bring accessible, engaging, and highly relevant education to the world. We believe that education is not limited to four years or four walls, it’s a lifelong pursuit. Technology is advancing rapidly; There is a growing skills gap between jobseekers and career opportunities, and between an enterprise’s strategies and employee’s skill to execute. Udacity is dedicated to closing these gaps. To do this, we're rethinking how education is made and delivered by empowering our students to advance themselves personally and professionally.
You Are:
As a Director of Engineering (Udacity), you’ll manage a team of talented software engineers responsible for the Infrastructure of Udacity software stack. The infrastructure team provides our PaaS solution, operations, engineering tooling, and building out core services used throughout all of our products. Engineering Services plays a critical role in enabling the delivery, modernization, and scalability of enterprise technology platforms. The team partners closely with product, delivery, and client teams to design, build, standardize, and support high quality engineering solutions across the full lifecycle—from initial design through implementation, optimization, and ongoing support.
Engineering Services professionals provide hands on technical expertise, establish and enforce engineering standards and patterns, develop reusable assets and accelerators, and support platform migrations, integrations, and continuous improvement initiatives. This includes enabling robust CI/CD pipelines, ensuring adherence to architectural and quality standards, and supporting the adoption of modern engineering practices.
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with delivery and engineering teams to strengthen AI engineering rigor, governance, and operationalization
• Plan, own and execute technical projects in an organized fashion amongst a remote team.
• Run a fast-paced team leveraging AI development in a safe and responsible manner.
• Mentor Engineers to help them grow their careers
• Improve our microservice architecture to fit the needs of the business as it changes.
• Own complex architecture, delivering a highly reliable a product suite
• Own core services and capabilities, e.g. Auth(n), Auth(z), SSO, data layers, and eventing layer
• Manage the security and compliance programs
• Constantly grow and learn to further your own knowledge base.
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:
• Minimum 10 years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 4 years in a formal team lead or engineering manager role building reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems
• Minimum 5 years working in a DevOps environment with direct ownership of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, or site reliability functions
• Minimum 5 years managing remote or distributed teams of 4+ engineers
• Minimum 5 years experience with at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) at an architecture or principal level
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Bonus Points if You Have:
• Prior experience within large strategic client accounts strongly preferred
• Previous professional services/management consulting experience
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 06/20/2026.
Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:
U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture
Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $132,500 to $338,300
Cleveland $122,700 to $270,600
Colorado $132,500 to $292,200
District of Columbia $141,100 to $311,200
Illinois $122,700 to $292,200
Maryland $132,500 to $292,200
Massachusetts $132,500 to $311,200
Minnesota $132,500 to $292,200
New York $122,700 to $338,300
New Jersey $141,100 to $338,300
Washington $141,100 to $311,200
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 such as for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009 or send us an email or speak with your recruiter.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
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, veteran status, ****** orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.
For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Opportunity Statement
Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
Other Employment Statements
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Further, at Accenture a criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment.
The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.
California requires additional notifications for applicants and employees. If you are a California resident, live in or plan to work from Los Angeles County upon being hired for this position, please click here for additional important information.
Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process.
You Are:
As a Director of Engineering (Udacity), you’ll manage a team of talented software engineers responsible for the Infrastructure of Udacity software stack. The infrastructure team provides our PaaS solution, operations, engineering tooling, and building out core services used throughout all of our products. Engineering Services plays a critical role in enabling the delivery, modernization, and scalability of enterprise technology platforms. The team partners closely with product, delivery, and client teams to design, build, standardize, and support high quality engineering solutions across the full lifecycle—from initial design through implementation, optimization, and ongoing support.
Engineering Services professionals provide hands on technical expertise, establish and enforce engineering standards and patterns, develop reusable assets and accelerators, and support platform migrations, integrations, and continuous improvement initiatives. This includes enabling robust CI/CD pipelines, ensuring adherence to architectural and quality standards, and supporting the adoption of modern engineering practices.
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with delivery and engineering teams to strengthen AI engineering rigor, governance, and operationalization
• Plan, own and execute technical projects in an organized fashion amongst a remote team.
• Run a fast-paced team leveraging AI development in a safe and responsible manner.
• Mentor Engineers to help them grow their careers
• Improve our microservice architecture to fit the needs of the business as it changes.
• Own complex architecture, delivering a highly reliable a product suite
• Own core services and capabilities, e.g. Auth(n), Auth(z), SSO, data layers, and eventing layer
• Manage the security and compliance programs
• Constantly grow and learn to further your own knowledge base.
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:
• Minimum 10 years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 4 years in a formal team lead or engineering manager role building reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems
• Minimum 5 years working in a DevOps environment with direct ownership of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, or site reliability functions
• Minimum 5 years managing remote or distributed teams of 4+ engineers
• Minimum 5 years experience with at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) at an architecture or principal level
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Bonus Points if You Have:
• Prior experience within large strategic client accounts strongly preferred
• Previous professional services/management consulting experience
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 06/20/2026.
Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:
U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture
Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $132,500 to $338,300
Cleveland $122,700 to $270,600
Colorado $132,500 to $292,200
District of Columbia $141,100 to $311,200
Illinois $122,700 to $292,200
Maryland $132,500 to $292,200
Massachusetts $132,500 to $311,200
Minnesota $132,500 to $292,200
New York $122,700 to $338,300
New Jersey $141,100 to $338,300
Washington $141,100 to $311,200
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 such as for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009 or send us an email or speak with your recruiter.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
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, veteran status, ****** orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.
For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Opportunity Statement
Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
Other Employment Statements
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Further, at Accenture a criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment.
The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.
California requires additional notifications for applicants and employees. If you are a California resident, live in or plan to work from Los Angeles County upon being hired for this position, please click here for additional important information.
Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Director of Infrastructure Engineering - Udacity position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Chicago offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
