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

Ernst & Young Oman

Jacksonville (FL)

Hybrid

USD 126,000 - 230,000

Full time

14 days+
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Hybrid work model
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Pension and 401(k)

Job summary

EY is seeking a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer to own end‑to‑end delivery of AI‑native systems within a single client engagement in regulated industries. You will be the technical authority, embedded with the client, and responsible for turning ambiguous business problems into secure, production‑grade solutions.

As cell lead, you’ll set technical direction, interface with the client, and guide a small team of engineers to deliver measurable business outcomes while balancing regulatory

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.

Skills

Outcome ownership
Client presence
Hands-on engineering
Technical judgment
Clear communication
Autonomy
Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science

Tools

Cloud platforms
Orchestration frameworks
LLM-backed services

Job description

EY is seeking a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer to own end‑to‑end delivery of AI‑native systems within a single client engagement in regulated industries. You will be the technical authority, embedded with the client, and responsible for turning ambiguous business problems into secure, production‑grade solutions.

As cell lead, you’ll set technical direction, interface with the client, and guide a small team of engineers to deliver measurable business outcomes while balancing regulatory

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