Lead AI Architect for Knowledge Systems

Ernst & Young Oman; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Paid time off options

Job summary

EY is hiring an experienced agent Lead AI Software Architect to design and implement AI memory architectures and data fabrics for complex enterprise use cases. You will lead a team of AI Architects, drive context systems, and advance memory patterns across distributed AI-native platforms.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering and AI, with deep expertise in memory architectures, RAG, and model fine-tuning. Hybrid work and global collaboration are core aspects of the opportunity.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and AI.
• Experience working with AI Frontier models and memory / context architectures
• Use of AI native software development tools / code assist (Cursor, Claude Code, Qodo/Codium, Gemini, AWS Q, GitHub)
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, Bash etc…) and software languages (Go, Rust, Java etc…).
• Understand AI Native design process and principles
• Deep understanding of model fine tuning and customization through context management (RAG, SFT, LoRA/PEFT etc…)
• Experience with modern software IDE, CI/CD pipeline, modern code hosting and collaboration (Github/Gitlab/Azure DevOps etc…)
• Experience with Nvidia NVAIE and MSFT Azure AI stacks.

Responsibilities

• Design memory architectures for multi-agent systems to be replicated across AI native designed systems.
• Design of context systems including RAG and Skills with semantic chunking and search.
• Implement and test these architectures benchmarking performance against agent and human designed evals.
• Design replicable integration frameworks for use of memory architecture across multiple systems.
• Drive agent design requirements and implement through AI Native design process.
• Assess through primary and secondary research emerging memory architectures and frontier model proposals.
• Collaborate with other architectural experts in AI, Security, Data and Infrastructure to insure balanced and practical outcomes.
• Support strategic business development activities for emerging technology as required.
• Present at academic conferences and support development of IP filings
• Hands on coding and mentoring other members of the Knowledge / Data team
• Lead a group of skilled experts in building Knowledge and data systems for Knowledge AI.

Skills

Strong analytical

Leadership abilities

Cross-functional collaboration

Emotional intelligence

Critical thinking

Education

Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Qodo/Codium

Gemini

AWS Q

GitHub

NVIDIA NVAIE

Azure AI stacks

Job description

EY is hiring an experienced agent Lead AI Software Architect to design and implement AI memory architectures and data fabrics for complex enterprise use cases. You will lead a team of AI Architects, drive context systems, and advance memory patterns across distributed AI-native platforms.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering and AI, with deep expertise in memory architectures, RAG, and model fine-tuning. Hybrid work and global collaboration are core aspects of the opportunity.