AI Forward Engineering Cell Lead

Ernst & Young Oman

Cincinnati (OH)

On-site

USD 126,000 - 230,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a hands-on Lead Forward Deployed Engineer to own the end-to-end delivery of AI-native systems into a single client engagement in highly regulated industries such as tax, finance, and risk.

As the technical authority within an Advanced Forward Engineering delivery cell, you are accountable for turning ambiguous, high-stakes business problems into working, secure, production-grade solutions under real client constraints.

Qualifications

8+ years delivering complex enterprise systems, ideally in regulated or client-facing contexts.
Hands-on engineering depth across integration-heavy architectures, cloud platforms, and distributed systems.
Experience with modern AI-enabled application stacks (e.g., agentic systems, orchestration frameworks, LLM-backed services).
Proven ability to operate in forward-deployed, customer-facing, or solutions-architecture roles, owning outcomes end to end.
Demonstrated ability to lead a small technical team while remaining an individual contributor.
Strong stakeholder-management skills, including managing client expectations under pressure.
Solid understanding of software delivery lifecycle, quality gates, and production readiness in enterprise settings.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end outcome delivery for the cell, including scoping, tradeoffs, technical direction, and production readiness, taking accountability for the business outcome, not just the code.
Embed directly with the client to define the real problem and translate ambiguous business needs into an executable technical solution under regulatory and environmental constraints.
Serve as the primary technical interface and trusted advisor to client stakeholders, managing expectations, communicating tradeoffs, and sustaining the trust that drives adoption.
Stay hands-on, personally designing and building critical parts of the solution, and diving deep into the client’s systems, data, and codebase when the engagement requires it.
Deploy, adapt, and stabilize solutions in the client environment using supported templates and profiles, owning release readiness and runtime accountability for what the cell ships.
Direct the work of the cell’s Implementation Engineer and Data Engineer, ensuring integrations, orchestration, and data readiness come together into a coherent, production-grade outcome.
Ensure every deployment meets safety, integrity, and cost constraints, partnering with control authorities and the Distinguished AFE on safe-to-ship decisions for regulated environments.