Forward Deployed AI Engineer, CBS - Associate Director (Level 4) - UK Wide

EY; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join our Core Business Services. This hands-on role includes leadership elements, providing technical oversight and shaping new work as it arrives across AI agents and automation tools.

You will design scalable AI solutions, balance low-code and pro-code approaches, and ensure governance and information security across projects with peers and junior team members.

Qualifications

• Hands-on leadership with technical oversight of AI projects.
• Design and build AI agents and automation tools.
• Translate business problems into deliverable technical scope.
• Own governance, AI risk assessment and information security.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI agents and automation tools to solve complex problems.
• Design AI solutions across multiple projects and portfolios.
• Decide between low-code and pro-code approaches.
• Design cloud-native solutions and integrate new AI offerings.
• Provide technical oversight and QA of projects and team output.
• Set engineering standards and review code.
• Shape and scope new demand into deliverable technical scope.
• Own governance including AI risk assessment and information security.

Skills

AI engineering leadership

Cloud architecture

Low-code/pro-code development

Technical oversight

Quality assurance

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Automation tools

AI/ML tooling

Job description

At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence.

We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Core Business Services - Assistant Director/Manager level

Location - any UK office

Permanent

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join our dynamic team. This is a hands-on role with a leadership element. You will design and build AI agents and automation tools yourself, while providing technical oversight and quality assurance across projects, shaping new work as it comes in, and supporting more junior members of the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI agents and automation tools to solve complex problems and improve business processes.


• Design AI solutions across multiple projects and portfolios, including orchestration layers and scalable, reusable solutions.


• Decide between, and build with, both low-code and pro-code approaches.


• Design cloud native solutions as the platform for AI solutions, and integrate new AI offerings.


• Provide technical oversight and quality assurance of projects and of the work of others, alongside building yourself.


• Set engineering standards and review the code and solutions produced by the team.


• Shape and scope new demand as it comes in, translating business problems into deliverable technical scope with an assessment of effort and feasibility.


• Own governance and set-up end to end, including AI risk assessment, information security, data loss prevention,