AI Forward Engineering Lead — Hands-On, Client-Facing

EY

Boca Raton (FL)

Hybrid

USD 126,000 - 262,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

EY is seeking a hands-on Lead Forward Deployed Engineer to own end-to-end delivery of AI-native systems for a single client in regulated industries. You will be the technical authority inside the Advanced Forward Engineering cell, translating complex business problems into secure, production-grade solutions while balancing client needs and regulatory constraints.

Embedded with the client, you’ll lead the cell, guide the Implementation and Data Engineers, and ensure safe, scalable deployments.

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.
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.