Lead AI Software Architect - Universal Agent Control

EY; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Flexible vacation

Job summary

EY is seeking an experienced Lead AI Software Architect to head a team of domain experts in designing and implementing AI Agent Control. You will drive architectures for agent identity, authentication, and post-training environments while delivering scalable AI-native solutions.

The role demands deep multi-agent experience, strong leadership, and the ability to collaborate across security, data, and infrastructure teams in a fast-paced environment. Hybrid model across the US.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and AI.
• Experience with multi-agent system administration and modern secrets management.
• Proficiency with AI native development tools.
• Familiarity with scripting and software languages.
• Understanding of AI Native design process and principles.
• Experience with identity/auth cryptography and modern IDE/CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Nvidia NVAIE, AWS and Azure AI stacks.

Responsibilities

• Design of control harness intelligence systems including multiagent systems and associated tools.
• Design architectures for agent identity and authentication in large scale multi-agent enterprise systems.
• Design of post training and tuning/customization environments.
• Design of synthesis models for AI open-source models.
• Implement and test architectures with performance benchmarks.
• Lead a team of experts in building universal agentic control harnesses.
• Collaborate with AI, Security, Data and Infrastructure teams for balanced outcomes.
• Support strategic technology development and IP filings.
• Hands-on development of advanced AI capabilities in agentic control.

Skills

Strong analytical

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Emotional intelligence

Education

Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics

Tools

Python

Go

Rust

Java

Typescript

Cursor

Claude Code

Qodo/Codium

Gemini

AWS Q

GitHub

Job description

EY is seeking an experienced Lead AI Software Architect to head a team of domain experts in designing and implementing AI Agent Control. You will drive architectures for agent identity, authentication, and post-training environments while delivering scalable AI-native solutions.

The role demands deep multi-agent experience, strong leadership, and the ability to collaborate across security, data, and infrastructure teams in a fast-paced environment. Hybrid model across the US.