AI Tech Lead: Audit Automation & FDE Champion

Crowe; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe is seeking an AI Tech Lead to design, develop, and manage AI agents that accelerate Crowe's Audit services. The role sits with Audit practitioners, working end-to-end from design to deployment, and may grow into leading a small team of engineers.

The role requires deep Python experience, AI agent development, and strong collaboration across engineering and audit stakeholders. Hybrid work model in the United States is typical.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 1+ years hands-on experience designing AI agents or AI-assisted workflows.
• Strong Python development experience and production-grade software practices.

Responsibilities

• Own design, development, and maintenance of AI agents for Audit practice.
• Lead a small team of forward deployed engineers as portfolio grows.
• Build reusable engineering patterns and CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.

Skills

Python

AI agents

Forward deployed engineer

Software engineering

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure

Git

Job description

Crowe is seeking an AI Tech Lead to design, develop, and manage AI agents that accelerate Crowe's Audit services. The role sits with Audit practitioners, working end-to-end from design to deployment, and may grow into leading a small team of engineers.

The role requires deep Python experience, AI agent development, and strong collaboration across engineering and audit stakeholders. Hybrid work model in the United States is typical.