AI & Data Science Engineer III

Digitailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 131,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte Consulting LLP is seeking an experienced AI & Data consultant to lead complex client engagements, designing and delivering scalable AI-enabled solutions across data platforms, cloud services, and enterprise applications.

You will organize scope, schedules, risks, and stakeholder communications while guiding multi-disciplinary teams. Willingness to travel up to 50% is required; competitive compensation and incentive programs are offered.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of AI & Data consulting experience.
• 4+ years full-stack development and cloud architecture experience with AI services.
• Experience building web components using JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React.js; Python and Java.
• Experience designing REST APIs, GraphQL, OpenAPI in scalable services.
• Cloud-native apps with AWS, EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Data integration/processing with Kafka/Flink; CDC streaming; relational/NoSQL databases.
• AI-enabled app development with Bedrock, conversational AI, document processing.
• 4+ years Python and SQL; 1+ year leading project workstreams translating business problems into AI solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day interactions with executive clients, stakeholders, and sponsors.
• Deliver components of client engagements focused on identifying, designing, and implementing AI and business solutions.
• Lead small teams to capture requirements, design processes, prototype, test, and train.
• Create project scope and schedule; plan and assign resources; monitor progress and variances.
• Manage changes to scope, schedule, and costs; apply change management.
• Identify risks, assumptions, and constraints; implement actions to minimize impact.
• Maintain communication with key stakeholders and decision makers.

Skills

Client interactions

Project management

Travel 50%

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Engineering/Data Science/AI

Tools

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

React.js

Python

Java

REST/GraphQL/OpenAPI

AWS

Amazon EKS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform/CloudFormation

Kafka/Flink

SQL/NoSQL databases

Bedrock / Anthropic Claude / Vertex AI

Job description

Join our AI & Engineering team in transforming technology platforms, driving innovation, and helping make a significant impact on our clients' success. You’ll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and re-engineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation. AI & Engineering leverages cutting-edge engineering capabilities to build, deploy, and operate integrated/verticalized sector solutions in software, data, AI, network, and hybrid cloud infrastructure. These solutions are powered by engineering for business advantage, transforming mission-critical operations. We enable clients to stay ahead with the latest advancements by transforming engineering teams and modernizing technology & data platforms. Our delivery models are tailored to meet each client's unique requirements. Recruiting for this role ends on 11/19/2026. Work you’ll do You will bring strong technical, functional and project management solutions to clients with a focus on achieving a high level of performance and quality through delivery of both agile and traditional projects to provide exceptional business value to users. Working within an engagement team, your responsibilities include, among others: Managing day-to-day interactions with executive clients, stakeholders, and sponsors Managing and delivering components of client engagements focused on identifying, designing, and implementing both technology and creative business solutions for large companies Managing small teams to identify business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures. Your background in technology will provide the foundation to manage these streams but also understand the technology Creation and development of project scope and schedule. Plan and assign resources to associated tasks and deliverables Monitoring progress of the project, identify, and quantify variances, perform required corrective actions Managing changes to project scope, project schedule, and project costs to keep the project plan accurate, updated, as defined in the change management plan Identifying high-level risks, assumptions, and constraints. Implement approved actions and workarounds to minimize the impact of risks on the project Developing and maintaining communication with key project stakeholders and decision makers The team Our AI & Data practice offers comprehensive solutions for designing, developing, and operating advanced Data and AI platforms, products, insights, and services. We help clients innovate, enhance, and manage their data, AI, and analytics capabilities, ensuring they can grow and scale effectively.

Qualifications

Required: 6+ years of relevant AI & Data consulting experience 4+ years full-stack development and cloud architecture experience integrating AI services into enterprise applications to include: Experience developing web and application components using JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and React.js; familiarity with Python and Java Experience designing and integrating REST APIs, GraphQL, and OpenAPI within scalable services and enterprise systems Experience building cloud-native applications and services using AWS, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, or CloudFormation Experience with data integration and processing, including Kafka, Flink, CDC streaming, event-driven architecture, and relational or NoSQL databases Experience with AI-enabled application development and integration, including Amazon Bedrock, conversational AI, and document-processing platforms 4+ years of hands-on experience with Python and SQL 1+ year experience leading project workstreams or engagements, translating business problems into AI solutions, and delivering measurable outcomes Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field Ability to travel up to 50% on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve Limited immigration sponsorship may be available Preferred: Experience in consulting or other client-facing delivery roles Experience using Claude through one or more of the following: Azure AI Foundry, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, or the native Anthropic API Experience designing or implementing production agentic workflows involving capabilities such as orchestration, tool integration, state management, evaluation, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop controls Professional certification(s) in Generative AI, machine learning, or cloud AI technologies, such as Anthropic Claude, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, Google Cloud Generative AI Leader, Microsoft Azure AI, or CompTIA AI+. Experience developing client-facing materials for workshops and interactive sessions Experience presenting technical content to technical and nontechnical audiences in both small- and large- group settings The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $131,200 to $218,600. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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