Senior Agentic AI Architect & Team Lead

EY; Hoboken (NJ); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

EY seeks a Senior Manager Architect to lead design and implementation of agentic AI systems across foundation models, ensuring governance and compliance. You will mentor a team, coordinate with EY businesses, and drive enterprise-grade AI adoption.

You will balance hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination, shaping knowledge AI capabilities and platform development while staying ahead of trends in AI architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a related field.
• Masters or PhD preferred in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, governance or compliance tech.
• Knowledge of AI Foundation Model frameworks (Llama, Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Mistral, Deepseek, etc.).
• Experience with observability, safety and governance tooling.
• Familiar with Agentic AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew).
• Familiarity with Agentic Patterns & Frameworks: Orchestration, Loop Engineering, Memory system integration.
• Familiarity with AI native development.

Responsibilities

• Oversee AI agentic systems design using foundation models, LLMs, and SLM.
• Integrate external vendor tools for model monitoring, security, and compliance.
• Collaborate with EY teams to align AI initiatives.
• Serve as player-coach, contributing to technical delivery while coordinating firmwide AI adoption.
• Be a true expert in knowledge AI systems and their applications to customer opportunities.
• Member of the Enterprise Architecture council guiding initiatives to success.
• Maintain current knowledge of knowledge AI trends and model architectures for timely adoption.

Skills

Leadership

Governance to solutions

Strategic mindset

Cross-domain work

Emerging tech adoption

Continuous learning

Analytical rigor

Problem solving

Insight translation

AI expertise

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Masters/PhD in CS/EE/Math

Tools

AI frameworks

Observability tooling

Agentic platforms

Agentic patterns

AI native development

Job description

EY seeks a Senior Manager Architect to lead design and implementation of agentic AI systems across foundation models, ensuring governance and compliance. You will mentor a team, coordinate with EY businesses, and drive enterprise-grade AI adoption.

You will balance hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination, shaping knowledge AI capabilities and platform development while staying ahead of trends in AI architectures.