Client‑Facing Forward‑Deployed AI Engineer Manager

EY; Secaucus (NJ); Remote; USD 126,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Manager to lead AI engineering initiatives across client projects, delivering modern AI/ML solutions with a focus on scalable architectures and responsible deployment. You will guide teams, influence solution design, and work closely with clients in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, client discovery, and collaboration with data and analytics professionals to industrialize analysis into impactful analytics solutions, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required (4-year degree)
• 6-10 years of relevant experience in AI, Data Science, and/or Machine Learning
• 2-4 years of experience directly managing technical teams
• Strong skills in Python
• Ability to lead, collaborate, and communicate effectively with diverse, hybrid and global teams
• Experience identifying, solutioning, designing, building, deploying, operating, and expanding high-impact production AI/ML solutions on a major cloud platform
• Proficient in foundation models, generative AI, and agentic AI frameworks (e.g., OpenAI, Dall-e, Langchain) and ML packages like scikit-learn and PyTorch
• Experience with natural language processing and deep learning
• Extensive experience in AI-assisted and DevOps tools (Claude, Codex, Cursor, GitHub, Azure DevOps), Agile methodologies (Jira), and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with MLOps, LLMOps, and AgentOps and ML workflows
• Experience with model retraining and feedback loop methodologies
• Experience with model evaluation, observability, monitoring, and reporting
• Understanding of data structures, data modelling, software engineering, and Responsible AI practices
• Strong foundation in mathematics, statistics, and operations research, with proficiency in SQL, Pandas, Spark
• Excellent communication skills and willingness to travel for client engagements
• Commercial acumen and negotiation skills
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage change

Responsibilities

• Leading client-embedded AI workstreams from opportunity identification through solution design and deployment
• Redesigning client processes for human-AI collaboration and continuous delivery improvement
• Managing lean, multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex AI engineering initiatives
• Building trust with business and technology stakeholders and leading product and agile delivery
• Demonstrating realized value and identifying adjacent use cases and opportunities
• Defining solution architecture and guiding hands-on development of agentic workflows and integrations
• Establishing evaluations, observability, governance, access controls, and risk mitigations for secure operation
• Using and coaching teams on AI-native development tools to increase delivery speed while maintaining quality

Job description

EY is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Manager to lead AI engineering initiatives across client projects, delivering modern AI/ML solutions with a focus on scalable architectures and responsible deployment. You will guide teams, influence solution design, and work closely with clients in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, client discovery, and collaboration with data and analytics professionals to industrialize analysis into impactful analytics solutions, with