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

EY; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join our dynamic team. This hands-on role includes a leadership element, designing and building AI agents and automation tools while providing technical oversight across projects.

You will shape new work as it comes in, mentor junior team members, and set engineering standards. The role emphasizes cloud-native AI solutions and the integration of new AI offerings across multiple portfolios.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building AI agents and automation tools.
• Ability to provide technical oversight across projects and mentor juniors.
• Experience with cloud-native AI solutions and scalable architectures.
• Ability to translate business problems into technical scope with effort estimates.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI agents and automation tools to solve business problems.
• Design AI solutions across multiple projects and portfolios with scalable approaches.
• Decide between low-code and pro-code approaches for implementations.
• Design cloud-native solutions and integrate new AI offerings.
• Provide technical oversight and QA across projects and teams.
• Set engineering standards and review code and solutions.
• Shape and scope new demand, translating problems into deliverable scope.
• Own governance and end-to-end AI risk, information security, and data loss prevention.

Skills

AI engineering

Cloud-native design

Low-code / pro-code

Technical leadership

Quality assurance

Governance & security

Tools

Automation tools

Data security tools

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,