AI Agent Architect Manager: Build Safe, Scalable Agents

EY; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) pension plan

Flexible vacation policy

Paid time off options

Job summary

EY is hiring for a challenging AI/Agent Engineer role that sits at the intersection of applied AI, distributed systems, and product engineering. You will build long-running agent workflows, durable context, and safety controls across complex enterprise integrations, delivering reliable, steerable automation for real business outcomes.

The Challenger program within EY focuses on new services, reusable tools, and scalable patterns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• 7-9 years of experience in software or applied machine-learning engineering with ownership of production systems.

Responsibilities

• Choose the right execution model and design agent architectures with deterministic steps or single-agent loops.
• Build dependable tools with clear contracts, validated outcomes, and bounded authorization.
• Engineer agent behavior including planning, routing, delegation, and retries across workflows.
• Create durable context by combining instructions, user state, memory, and environment feedback.
• Bound agent authority with scoped identities, credentials, and budgets.

Skills

Production engineering

Agent architecture

AI application depth

Evaluation discipline

Security and operability

Product judgment

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Job description

EY is hiring for a challenging AI/Agent Engineer role that sits at the intersection of applied AI, distributed systems, and product engineering. You will build long-running agent workflows, durable context, and safety controls across complex enterprise integrations, delivering reliable, steerable automation for real business outcomes.

The Challenger program within EY focuses on new services, reusable tools, and scalable patterns.