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

EY; Southampton; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineer to lead hands-on AI development while guiding junior engineers. The role includes designing AI agents, automation tools, and cloud-native platforms, with technical oversight across projects.

You will shape deliverables, ensure quality, and contribute to governance, security, and risk assessment. This leadership position combines architecture, coding, and strategic delivery across UK offices.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering AI-enabled solutions across business domains.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and mentor juniors.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures for AI workloads.
• Ability to balance low-code and traditional development approaches.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI agents and automation tools to solve complex problems.
• Architect AI solutions across multiple projects and portfolios, including orchestration layers.
• Decide between low-code and pro-code approaches for delivery.
• Design cloud native solutions as the platform for AI offerings and integrate new AI features.
• Provide technical oversight and QA of projects and of team members’ work.
• Set engineering standards and review the code and solutions produced by the team.
• Translate business problems into deliverable technical scope with effort/feasibility assessments.
• Own governance and end-to-end setup, including AI risk assessment and data security controls.

Skills

AI engineering

Leadership

Cloud architectures

Low-code / pro-code

Tools

Cloud platforms

AI orchestration

Security 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,