Lead AI Engineer - Forward Deploy & Automation

EY; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EY invites an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join our Core Business Services team in a permanent role. This hands-on position combines practical AI development with leadership, as you design and build AI agents and automation tools while guiding junior engineers.

You will provide technical oversight across projects, set engineering standards, and translate business problems into deliverable AI scope for UK-wide engagements. Location: UK offices, permanent position.

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,

Job description

EY invites an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join our Core Business Services team in a permanent role. This hands-on position combines practical AI development with leadership, as you design and build AI agents and automation tools while guiding junior engineers.

You will provide technical oversight across projects, set engineering standards, and translate business problems into deliverable AI scope for UK-wide engagements. Location: UK offices, permanent position.