Senior AI Solution Developer — Gov & Public Sector

EY; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EY’s Government & Public Sector practice in the U.S. seeks an AI Solution Development Senior Analyst to design, build, and deploy AI-enabled applications for government clients.

You will own features and workstreams, collaborating with engagement teams, data engineers, and AI specialists to translate mission needs into working technology. The role emphasizes hands-on development with Python and modern backend and frontend frameworks, cloud services, and responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• Must obtain secret clearance or higher.
• Bachelor’s degree and 3–5+ years of related professional experience.
• Must be comfortable working in-person as needed.
• Relevant hands-on experience developing software, data, AI, analytics, or automation solutions.
• Development experience with Python and a modern backend framework such as FastAPI, Flask, Django, or a similar technology.
• Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and a modern frontend framework such as React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Svelte, or a similar technology.
• Experience integrating generative AI models or services into applications through APIs, cloud services, or approved open‑source frameworks.
• Experience developing APIs, application services, data integrations, or secure connections to enterprise data sources.
• Experience developing or deploying applications within a cloud environment such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or a comparable platform.
• Working knowledge of SQL, relational or nonrelational databases, data ingestion, data transformation, and data‑quality concepts.
• Experience with software development lifecycle practices, source control, testing, code review, technical documentation, and deployment processes.
• Experience independently owning features, components, or defined technical workstreams.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Flexibility and ability to work effectively with nationally distributed teams.
• Ability to prioritize assignments, meet deadlines, track open issues, and communicate risks or blockers.
• Excellent English-language skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and improve AI-enabled applications, proofs of concept, prototypes, and reusable technical components
• Own defined features or technical workstreams and coordinate their delivery from initial requirements through implementation
• Translate business, functional, and technical requirements into solution components, development tasks, acceptance criteria, and testable outcomes
• Develop AI-enabled web applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies
• Integrate generative AI models and services into applications using APIs, cloud services, and approved open-source frameworks
• Build retrieval-augmented generation solutions, enterprise-search capabilities, intelligent assistants, and AI-enabled workflow automations
• Develop APIs, application services, data integrations, prompt workflows, and connections to enterprise data sources
• Contribute to the evaluation of technical approaches, frameworks, models, and tools based on solution requirements, client environments, security considerations, and delivery constraints
• Support the progression of successful proofs of concept into secure, maintainable, and scalable solutions when required by the engagement
• Apply development standards related to source control, testing, code review, documentation, security, deployment, and maintainability
• Write clear, testable, and maintainable code aligned with established solution patterns and development standards
• Review code, technical deliverables, test results, and supporting documentation produced by other team members
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, defects, and blockers, and communicate them promptly to engagement and delivery leadership
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex application, model-integration, data, performance, and deployment issues
• Guide Staff professionals in completing development tasks, following team standards, and resolving technical challengesCoordinate with developers, data engineers, AI and machine learning specialists, designers, and other engagement professionals
• Participate in client and engagement-team discussions to clarify requirements, explain technical decisions, demonstrate working solutions, and communicate delivery progress
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including solution designs, data flows, integration details, configuration guidance, test evidence, and deployment instructions
• Contribute reusable components, proven development patterns, and lessons learned that can improve delivery across engagements
• Stay current on relevant developments in generative AI, application development, cloud services, data engineering, and responsible AI
• Deliver engagement-specific responsibilities in accordance with established scope, quality, schedule, security, and client requirements

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Generative AI

Cloud services

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

Django

Azure

AWS

SQL

Job description

EY’s Government & Public Sector practice in the U.S. seeks an AI Solution Development Senior Analyst to design, build, and deploy AI-enabled applications for government clients.

You will own features and workstreams, collaborating with engagement teams, data engineers, and AI specialists to translate mission needs into working technology. The role emphasizes hands-on development with Python and modern backend and frontend frameworks, cloud services, and responsible AI practices.