Databricks AI/ML Engineering Manager

EY; City of Rochester (NY); Hybrid; 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 Manager in Model Engineering to lead AI workstreams and deliver modern AI engineering solutions on the Databricks platform. You will work with clients and cross-functional teams to design, build, and productionize scalable AI pipelines, domain ontologies, and semantic models across business domains.

The role requires 6–10 years in AI/Data/ML, strong Python/PySpark/Scala skills, and proven leadership of technical teams within a hybrid on-site/remote environment.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree required (4-year degree).
• 6-10 years of relevant AI, Data Science, and/or Machine Learning experience.
• 2-4 years of experience directly managing technical teams.
• 3-4 years of experience building and deploying production AI/ML solutions on the Databricks platform, including Agent Bricks, Model Serving, or Lakeflow Jobs.
• Databricks Certification with a minimum of 1 professional and 1 associate certification (Data Engineer Associate/Professional, Machine Learning Associate/Professional, Generative AI Engineer Associate, Context Engineering Associate).
• Strong skills in Python, PySpark, and/or Scala.
• Ability to lead, collaborate, and communicate with diverse, hybrid, global teams.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining high-impact production AI/ML solutions on Databricks.
• Delivered models or agents to production on Databricks, with tracking, evaluation, and monitoring.
• Proficient in foundation models, generative AI, and agentic AI frameworks with Databricks tools.

Responsibilities

• Leading AI workstreams from solution design through production deployment and ongoing optimization, focusing on the Databricks platform.
• Leading teams building data engineering pipelines, AI solutions (ML, Generative AI, Agentic AI), and pipelines that support AI solutions on Databricks.
• Continuously improving processes by identifying innovative solutions through research and analysis.
• Managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex AI engineering initiatives, with accountability for quality, responsible deployment, and results.
• Engaging actively with clients, participating in daily working sessions, and leading workstreams from planning through execution to closure.
• Designing, building, and governing domain ontologies and semantic models that define business concepts, relationships, and rules for AI solutions, knowledge graphs, and enterprise data products.
• Applying a product-centric development approach by partnering with product, business, data science, and engineering stakeholders to define user needs, prioritize reusable capabilities, and iteratively deliver measurable outcomes across the product lifecycle.
• Identifying opportunities for additional services and managing engagement economics.

Skills

Python

PySpark

Scala

Leadership

Client-facing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Databricks

Databricks Certification

Job description

EY is seeking a Manager in Model Engineering to lead AI workstreams and deliver modern AI engineering solutions on the Databricks platform. You will work with clients and cross-functional teams to design, build, and productionize scalable AI pipelines, domain ontologies, and semantic models across business domains.

The role requires 6–10 years in AI/Data/ML, strong Python/PySpark/Scala skills, and proven leadership of technical teams within a hybrid on-site/remote environment.