Forward-Deployed AI Engineer & Model Delivery Lead

EY; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 157,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Manager to lead client‑facing AI/ML solutions across cloud and on‑prem environments. You’ll oversee diverse teams, shape architectures, and deliver scalable AI, machine learning, and agentic systems that learn, reason, and generate outputs for business needs with strong data pipelines and observability.

You’ll partner with clients to recognize high‑value AI opportunities, guide solution design, and ensure responsible deployment while mentoring engineers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (4-year degree).
• 6-10 years of AI, data science, and/or ML full-time experience.
• 2-4 years of experience directly managing technical teams.
• Strong Python skills and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Experience solving complex AI/ML problems with cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Proficiency in foundation models, generative AI, and ML tooling.
• Experience with MLOps, LLMOps, and agentic AI frameworks.
• Excellent communication and ability to travel for client engagements.

Responsibilities

• Leading client-embedded AI workstreams from opportunity identification through deployment and optimization.
• Redesigning processes for human‑AI collaboration and delivering innovative solutions.
• Managing lean, multidisciplinary teams while owning quality and responsible deployment.
• Building trust with stakeholders, guiding product and agile delivery from planning to closure.
• Defining solution architecture and hands‑on development of agentic workflows and integrations.
• Establishing governance, access controls, and risk mitigations for secure operation.
• Using AI‑native tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining engineering quality.

Skills

Python

Client leadership

AI/ML experience

Jira

CI/CD pipelines

Excellent communication

Hybrid/global teams

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Claude

Codex

Cursor

GitHub

Azure DevOps

OpenAI

Langchain

Job description

EY is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Manager to lead client‑facing AI/ML solutions across cloud and on‑prem environments. You’ll oversee diverse teams, shape architectures, and deliver scalable AI, machine learning, and agentic systems that learn, reason, and generate outputs for business needs with strong data pipelines and observability.

You’ll partner with clients to recognize high‑value AI opportunities, guide solution design, and ensure responsible deployment while mentoring engineers