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

EY; West of England; 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 team in the UK. This hands-on role combines leadership with technical excellence as you design and build AI agents and automation tools, oversee projects, and mentor junior colleagues across multiple portfolios.

You will decide between low-code and pro-code approaches, craft cloud-native AI solutions, and ensure governance and security are embedded in all work.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering AI agents and automation solutions.
• Ability to design cloud-native AI solutions and scalable architectures.
• Experience balancing low-code and pro-code approaches.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI agents and automation tools to solve complex problems.
• Create AI solutions across multiple projects, with orchestration layers and reusability.
• Choose between low-code and pro-code approaches based on needs.
• Design cloud-native platforms to host AI offerings and integrate new features.
• Provide technical oversight and QA across projects and mentor juniors.
• Set engineering standards and review code and solutions produced by the team.
• Translate business problems into deliverable technical scope with effort estimates.
• Own governance and end-to-end setup including AI risk assessment and information security.

Skills

AI engineering

Cloud platforms

Low-code development

Pro-code development

Governance & QA

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,