Forward Deployed AI Engineering Leader - Consulting

EY; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager to lead interdisciplinary teams delivering scalable AI, ML, and agentic AI solutions for diverse client environments. The role blends engineering leadership with strategic governance, observability, and cost management.

You will advise on AI strategy, shape solutions, and partner with data scientists, cloud engineers, and DevOps to operationalize AI at scale. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or MS in a technology or quantitative field.
• 8–10+ years of professional consulting or tech leadership experience.
• 3–5+ years of leading technical/consulting teams.
• Experience deploying foundation models, generative AI, and agentic AI frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead lean, client-embedded engineering teams delivering production-grade ML/AI solutions.
• Diagnose opportunities, shape engineering plans, and scale AI strategies for clients.
• Establish governance, observability, security, and cost-management standards for AI systems.
• Collaborate with data scientists, cloud engineers, and platform teams across client environments.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

AI strategy

Python

DevOps

GIT/Jira/Azure DevOps

ML/LLM

Communication

Problem solving

Team building

Education

Bachelor’s degree, or MS in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Claude

Codex

Cursor

GitHub

MLFlow

Azure DevOps

Jira

CI/CD

Job description

EY is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager to lead interdisciplinary teams delivering scalable AI, ML, and agentic AI solutions for diverse client environments. The role blends engineering leadership with strategic governance, observability, and cost management.

You will advise on AI strategy, shape solutions, and partner with data scientists, cloud engineers, and DevOps to operationalize AI at scale. Travel may be required.