Senior AI-Native Systems Engineer - Client-Embedded

Ernst & Young Oman; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking senior engineers for the Advanced Forward Engineering team to design, build, and deliver AI-native systems embedded with clients in regulated environments. You will own end-to-end delivery from shaping to sustainment, balancing functionality, safety, and cost while meeting enterprise standards.

In this role you will work directly with client teams, translate technical details into business outcomes, and collaborate with platform, security, and governance partners to ensure

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience delivering complex software systems in enterprise or regulated environments.
• Experience in customer-facing or consulting engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying distributed systems, APIs, integrations, or data-intensive applications.
• Practical experience with modern AI application stacks (e.g., LLM-backed systems, agentic workflows, orchestration frameworks).
• Proven track record owning delivery in real-world conditions.
• Experience writing and maintaining production-grade code that operates under compliance, performance, and reliability constraints.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, architecture, security, and governance teams.

Responsibilities

• Embed directly with client teams to frame problems, identify high-leverage opportunities, and define delivery paths under regulatory and operational constraints.
• Own end-to-end delivery outcomes for engagements, from initial shaping through implementation, deployment, and early sustainment.
• Implement and manage AI-enabled workflows, agentic systems, orchestration logic, and integrations using approved platform capabilities and delivery templates.
• Write and review production-quality code (e.g., LangGraph, Python, orchestration glue, integration layers) aligned with enterprise delivery standards.
• Make real-time delivery tradeoffs balancing functionality, safety, cost, and timeline, and clearly explain those decisions to stakeholders.
• Ensure solutions comply with security, AI integrity, and FinOps constraints, working with control authorities to achieve safe-to-ship approval.
• Capture and communicate field learnings, edge cases, and failure modes, contributing evidence-based feedback that improves platform evolution.
• Collaborate with integration, platform, and architecture teams to reduce rework and enable repeatable delivery patterns.

Skills

Ownership

AI systems

Client-facing

Systems thinking

Communication

Reliability

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LangGraph

Python

APIs

Orchestration

Integration layers

Job description

EY is seeking senior engineers for the Advanced Forward Engineering team to design, build, and deliver AI-native systems embedded with clients in regulated environments. You will own end-to-end delivery from shaping to sustainment, balancing functionality, safety, and cost while meeting enterprise standards.

In this role you will work directly with client teams, translate technical details into business outcomes, and collaborate with platform, security, and governance partners to ensure