Senior AI Forward Engineering Architect

EY; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

401(k) plans

Paid time off

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

EY seeks a senior, hands‑on Distinguished Engineer to lead AI‑native system delivery in regulated industries. You will align architecture, safety, and delivery outcomes across client engagements, partnering with governance authorities while delivering durable enterprise patterns.

You will influence product engineering and architecture decisions, guiding teams toward repeatable approaches and evidence‑based recommendations that scale across engagements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years delivering complex AI enterprise systems.
• Deep experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and integration‑heavy architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with modern AI‑enabled application stacks (e.g., agentic systems, orchestration frameworks, LLM‑backed services).
• Proven ability to operate in forward‑deployed or customer‑facing engineering roles, owning outcomes under real‑world constraints.
• Track record of creating reusable technical patterns or platforms that scale beyond a single engagement.
• Experience collaborating closely with architecture, product, and platform teams.
• Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycle, quality gates, and production readiness in enterprise settings.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a cross‑engagement technical authority, ensuring delivery implementations adhere to architecture intent, safety, and economic constraints in regulated environments.
• Synthesize learnings from multiple delivery cells into durable reference integrations and reusable patterns.
• Work with AI agents to support regulated safe‑to‑ship decisions by contributing technical evidence and validation inputs.
• Operate as a player‑coach, contributing to complex system design and guiding delivery teams toward repeatable approaches.
• Consolidate and communicate cross‑cell signals into evidence‑based recommendations for platform investment.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Product Architecture to package patterns into technical business cases.
• Participate in shaping sessions and architecture reviews to improve portability and customer outcomes.

Skills

AI/ML

Software engineering

Systems design

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms

Orchestration frameworks

LLM-backed services

Job description

EY seeks a senior, hands‑on Distinguished Engineer to lead AI‑native system delivery in regulated industries. You will align architecture, safety, and delivery outcomes across client engagements, partnering with governance authorities while delivering durable enterprise patterns.

You will influence product engineering and architecture decisions, guiding teams toward repeatable approaches and evidence‑based recommendations that scale across engagements.