Senior AI-Native Systems Engineer (Client-Facing)

EY; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Total Rewards package (medical/dental,

401(k) and pension

Job summary

EY’s Advanced Forward Engineering team embeds engineers with strategic clients to deliver AI-native systems that are auditable and trusted in production. The role blends hands-on coding with governance, ensuring real business impact within regulated settings.

Senior engineers own delivery from problem framing to deployment, collaborating with platform, architecture, and security partners to ship reliable, auditable solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years 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 (LLM-backed systems, agentic workflows, orchestration frameworks).
• Proven track record owning delivery in real-world conditions.

Responsibilities

• Embed with client teams to frame problems and define delivery paths under regulatory constraints.
• Own end-to-end delivery outcomes from shaping through deployment and sustainment.
• Implement and manage AI-enabled workflows and integrations using platform capabilities.
• Write and review production-grade code aligned with enterprise standards.

Skills

Problem ownership

AI‑native delivery

Client-facing

Distributed systems

Production‑quality code

Education

Bachelors or Masters in CS or related

Tools

LangGraph

Python

Job description

EY’s Advanced Forward Engineering team embeds engineers with strategic clients to deliver AI-native systems that are auditable and trusted in production. The role blends hands-on coding with governance, ensuring real business impact within regulated settings.

Senior engineers own delivery from problem framing to deployment, collaborating with platform, architecture, and security partners to ship reliable, auditable solutions.