Senior AI Forward Engineering Lead for Enterprise Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Generous paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a senior Distinguished Engineer to lead AI-native system delivery in regulated industries. You will anchor cross-cell technical leadership, translate field realities into durable patterns, and work with governance authorities while driving delivery outcomes.

This role blends deep technical judgment with client presence, systems thinking, and scalable architecture, across AI/ML, security, and compute. EY offers hybrid client work, strong benefits, and global expertise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years delivering complex AI enterprise systems.
• Deep experience with distributed systems, cloud, and integrat ion-heavy architectures.
• Hands-on experience with modern AI-enabled stacks (agentic systems, orchestration).
• Experience in forward-deployed or customer-facing roles with real-world constraints.
• Proven ability to create reusable technical patterns or platforms.
• Experience collaborating with architecture, product, and platform teams.
• Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycle and production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Serve as cross-engagement technical authority ensuring architecture intent and safety in regulated environments.
• Synthesize learnings into durable reference integrations and reusable patterns.
• Work with AI agents to support regulated safe-to-ship decisions with evidence.
• Operate as player-coach guiding delivery teams toward repeatable approaches.
• Consolidate cross-cell signals into evidence-based recommendations.
• Partner with Product Engineering/Architecture to package client patterns into business cases.
• Participate in shaping sessions, architecture reviews, and prioritization discussions.

Skills

AI/ML

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Orchestration frameworks

LLM-backed services

Security

Observability

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS

Tools

Agentic systems

Orchestration frameworks

Secure development tooling

Job description

EY is seeking a senior Distinguished Engineer to lead AI-native system delivery in regulated industries. You will anchor cross-cell technical leadership, translate field realities into durable patterns, and work with governance authorities while driving delivery outcomes.

This role blends deep technical judgment with client presence, systems thinking, and scalable architecture, across AI/ML, security, and compute. EY offers hybrid client work, strong benefits, and global expertise.