Senior AI Architecture & Platform Lead

EY; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Flexible vacation policy

Medical and dental coverage

Job summary

EY seeks a Senior Manager Architect to lead AI architecture across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks, spanning foundation models to NLP/vision deployments. Lead design, governance, and cross-functional delivery while ensuring enterprise AI adoption within compliance and security standards.

The role blends hands-on development with advisory responsibilities, guiding EY teams and steering large-scale platforms in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, governance, or compliance technology.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
• 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)
• Proven track record in building and delivering large-scale enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design and implementation of AI agentic systems and frameworks based on foundation models, LLM, and SLM.
• Integrate external vendor tools for model monitoring, security, and compliance.
• Collaborate with EY teams to align AI initiatives.
• Serve as a player-coach, contributing to technical delivery while coordinating firmwide AI adoption.
• Be a true expert across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness AI systems and their applications to customer opportunities and internal horizontal platform development.
• Member of the Enterprise Architecture council guiding initiatives to success.
• Maintain current knowledge of AI trends, model architectures, trust frameworks, and control/harness patterns for the timely adoption of emerging AI technology.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional

Governance translation

Strategic mindset

Hybrid work

AI expertise

Hands-on AI

Analytical rigor

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Masters or PhD in CS/EE/Math

Tools

NVIDIA AI platforms

Microsoft AI platforms

Job description

EY seeks a Senior Manager Architect to lead AI architecture across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks, spanning foundation models to NLP/vision deployments. Lead design, governance, and cross-functional delivery while ensuring enterprise AI adoption within compliance and security standards.

The role blends hands-on development with advisory responsibilities, guiding EY teams and steering large-scale platforms in a hybrid work environment.