Senior AI Engineering Leader for Regulated Enterprise Systems

Ernst & Young Oman; Greenville (SC); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Hybrid work model

Job summary

EY is seeking a senior, hands-on Distinguished Engineer to lead the delivery of AI-native systems into highly regulated industries such as tax, finance, and risk. This role sits at the intersection of real-world delivery, architecture enforcement, and platform feedback to move AI systems from concept to production with speed and audit-grade rigor.

The Advanced Forward Engineering team acts as cross-cell technical leadership, partnering with Product Engineering, Product Architecture, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years delivering complex AI enterprise systems.
• Deep experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms and integration-heavy architectures.
• Hands-on with modern AI-enabled stacks (agentic systems, orchestration, LLM-backed services).
• Proven ability to operate in forward-deployed or customer-facing roles, owning outcomes.
• Experience creating reusable technical patterns or platforms.
• Experience collaborating with architecture, product, and platform teams.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and production readiness in enterprise settings.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS or related field.
• Experience with AI governance, security, and cost controls.

Responsibilities

• Serve as cross-engagement technical authority ensuring delivery adheres to architecture, safety, and constraints in regulated environments.
• Synthesize learnings into durable reference integrations and reusable patterns.
• Work with AI agents to support safe-to-ship decisions with evidence.
• Operate as a player-coach guiding delivery teams to repeatable approaches.
• Consolidate cross-cell signals into evidence-based recommendations for platform investments.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Product Architecture to package patterns into business cases.

Skills

AI/ML

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Orchestration frameworks

LLM-backed services

Client engagement

Systems thinking

Evidence-based recommendations

Education

BS/MS in CS

Job description

EY is seeking a senior, hands-on Distinguished Engineer to lead the delivery of AI-native systems into highly regulated industries such as tax, finance, and risk. This role sits at the intersection of real-world delivery, architecture enforcement, and platform feedback to move AI systems from concept to production with speed and audit-grade rigor.

The Advanced Forward Engineering team acts as cross-cell technical leadership, partnering with Product Engineering, Product Architecture, and