AI-Enabled Solutions Architect Lead

EY; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) and pension plans

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a hands-on Solution Architect to design, prototype and build AI-enabled applications and digital products. The role focuses on architecture ownership across build-and-run engagements in Digital Engineering Managed Services, collaborating closely with engineers to ensure quality and security.

You will define reference architectures, lead architecture decision records, and guide teams on prompt design and AI accelerators while balancing speed and cost in a hybrid, client-facing

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on background in software engineering and modern architectures.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native design, APIs and data architectures.
• Experience building AI-enabled features (RAG, embeddings, prompts).

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end application architectures across UI, APIs, services and data.
• Prototype solutions to validate architectural decisions early.
• Lead AI-enabled build patterns and review AI-generated code and tests.
• Define performance, scalability and observability requirements up front.
• Architect solutions for managed services and CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead client workshops and communicate architectural tradeoffs clearly.

Skills

Hands-on architecture

Cloud-native design

AI-enabled features

Code in production

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS/GCP

Job description

EY is seeking a hands-on Solution Architect to design, prototype and build AI-enabled applications and digital products. The role focuses on architecture ownership across build-and-run engagements in Digital Engineering Managed Services, collaborating closely with engineers to ensure quality and security.

You will define reference architectures, lead architecture decision records, and guide teams on prompt design and AI accelerators while balancing speed and cost in a hybrid, client-facing