Senior Applied AI Engineering Lead

EY; Royal Borough of Greenwich; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking an AI engineering leader to shape technical delivery across enterprise AI initiatives in the UK. You will lead multiple squads, set technical direction, and ensure production-ready AI systems with strong security and reliability practices.

You will mentor engineers, develop reference architectures, and contribute to internal and external thought leadership while guiding projects across FS and government domains. This role involves hybrid work with client-site travel across the UK.

Qualifications

• Deep software/systems engineering experience across Python/TypeScript and distributed architectures.
• Applied-AI expertise in LLM/RAG engineering, telemetry, drift monitoring, and release management.
• Cloud architecture and platform experience with Azure/AWS/GCP and security principles.

Responsibilities

• Shape engineering approaches; engage senior stakeholders; articulate trade-offs; ensure engineering quality across squads and client environments.
• Architect enterprise-grade AI services (agents, RAG pipelines, orchestration); drive responsible AI and evaluation practices.
• Mentor engineers; lead technical reviews; contribute to knowledge sharing and thought leadership.

Skills

Python/TypeScript

Distributed systems

CI/CD

LLM/RAG engineering

Azure

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Serverless

IAM & security

SRE principles

Consulting leadership

Education

PhD in Computer Science / Applied Mathematics / Computer Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

EY is seeking an AI engineering leader to shape technical delivery across enterprise AI initiatives in the UK. You will lead multiple squads, set technical direction, and ensure production-ready AI systems with strong security and reliability practices.

You will mentor engineers, develop reference architectures, and contribute to internal and external thought leadership while guiding projects across FS and government domains. This role involves hybrid work with client-site travel across the UK.