FS Technology Consulting - AI and Data - AI Architecture & Engineering Lead- Senior Manager - Dublin

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Dublin; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Pension

Health Insurance

Job summary

EY Ireland is seeking a Senior Manager to lead AI architecture & engineering for Financial Services, blending hands‑on engineering with client delivery. You will design enterprise‑grade AI solutions, guide AI strategy, and ensure alignment with regulatory standards while collaborating with diverse teams across the organization.

The role requires deep expertise in agent design, LLM workflows, cloud platforms and MLOps, with a focus on scalable, ethical AI adoption for clients in financial

Qualifications

• Background in Technical Consulting or Professional Services, with a billable, client‑facing track record.
• Advanced skills in designing and deploying production‑ready AI solutions and LLM workflows.
• Experience in building autonomous AI agents with multi‑step planning.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & POV: shape technical policies and architecture for AI and autonomous systems.
• Client Consulting: lead executive workshops to identify high-value AI use cases and ethical adoption roadmaps.
• Solution Structuring: turn business challenges into actionable plans compliant with governance and security standards.
• Pre‑Sales: act as SME supporting sales in structuring and estimating complex AI projects.
• Practice Enablement: lead training and platform expertise development across the AI practice.
• Agent Design: architect multi‑step autonomous agent systems using LLMs and orchestration frameworks.
• Architecture Governance: set standards and QA for AI and MLOps workflows.
• Tooling Evaluation: recommend AI tools based on performance and cost.
• Ethical Oversight: ensure strategies follow ethical principles and minimize risks.

Skills

AI architecture

LLM workflows

Cloud platforms

MLOps

Agent design

Pre-Sales

Education

MSc or PhD in a relevant field

Tools

Flowise

LlamaIndex

Pinecone

Weaviate

Milvus

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

FS Technology Consulting - AI and Data - AI Architecture & Engineering Lead - Senior Manager - Dublin

Location: Dublin 2

Available for VISA Sponsorship: Yes

Business Area: Data & Analytics

Contract Type: Full Time - Permanent

EY is a global professional services firm with an integrated Financial Services practice across EMEA, India and Africa, serving Asset Management, Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance clients.

Overview

This is your chance to lead the future of AI at EY Ireland for Financial Services. As a hands‑on architecture & engineering lead, you will design enterprise‑grade AI solutions (Agentic & Gen‑AI), work with cutting‑edge technologies and collaborate across diverse teams to deliver impactful, scalable AI systems. You will also design AI strategy and build solutions that align with global standards and regulatory frameworks for Financial Services.

This role blends deep hands‑on engineering, consulting judgment and client‑facing delivery ownership. You will carry solutions from concept through production and enable clients to sustainably operate and evolve their AI capabilities.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & POV: Shape technical policies and architecture for AI and autonomous systems to strengthen competitive advantage.
• Client Consulting: Lead executive workshops to identify high-value AI use cases, assess readiness, and create ethical adoption roadmaps. Collaborate with stakeholders to align architecture with strategy.
• Solution Structuring: Turn business challenges into actionable technical plans compliant with data governance and security standards.
• Pre‑Sales: Act as subject matter expert, supporting sales teams in structuring and estimating complex AI projects.
• Practice Enablement: Integrate AI practice across competencies by leading training and platform expertise development.
• Agent Design: Architect multi‑step autonomous agent systems using LLMs, vector databases, and orchestration frameworks with a focus on scale and reliability.
• Architecture Governance: Set technical standards and QA processes for AI and MLOps workflows.
• Tooling Evaluation: Recommend AI tools and platforms based on performance and cost.
• Ethical Oversight: Ensure AI strategies and systems follow ethical principles and minimize risks like bias and privacy issues.
• Documentation: Keep thorough, accurate records of methodologies, architectures, and recommendations.
• Coaching: Foster a positive learning culture by coaching junior staff and sharing best practices and industry knowledge.

Skills and Attributes for Success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Background in Technical Consulting or Professional Services, with a proven track record as a billable, client‑facing specialist.
• Advanced skills in designing and deploying production‑ready AI solutions and Large Language Model (LLM) workflows.
• Proven experience in building and orchestrating autonomous AI agents encompassing reasoning, tool utilisation, and multi‑step planning.
• Expert proficiency in leading AI frameworks.
• Comprehensive knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP, and related MLOps tools.
• Preferred experience with low‑code/no‑code AI agent builder platforms (e.g. Flowise, LlamaIndex).
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities.

AI Skills

• Comprehensive AI skills across Agentic AI, Document Intelligence, Time Series and multimodal GenAI.
• Experience with PyTorch/TensorFlow and Hugging Face; integration of ML into enterprise pipelines.
• Design of organization‑level evaluation and scoring frameworks (text, vision, multimodal) with release gates (R/A/G).
• Governance: alignment to EU AI Act; model/prompt/data versioning; audit logs; risk management. Exposure to control‑plane solutions in the market.
• LLM Strategy: evaluate and standardize across providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Llama) and vector platforms (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus).
• Cloud: multi‑cloud and hybrid architecture across AWS, Azure and GCP; reliability/SLOs; cost and token governance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Financial Services is preferred.
• MSc or PhD in a relevant field, or equivalent senior industry experience.
• Experience in designing evaluation frameworks and release gates for AI models.
• Knowledge of vector platforms like Pinecone, Weaviate and Milvus.

Benefits

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that is right for you.
• Pension.
• Discounted Health Insurance.
• Web Doctor – Free unlimited online GP Consultations for you and your family.
• The purchase of additional annual leave.
• Hybrid Working.
• Free Gym Membership.
• Travel Pass.
• Maternity & Paternity Leave.
• Bike to Work Scheme.
• Recognition Awards.
• Cash incentives for referrals.
• Tech MBA paid by EY.
• Wellness rooms available in some offices.

Inclusion & Diversity

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.

Application Process

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