Senior AI Solutions Engineer (Forward‑Deployed)

EY; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 107,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Paid time off options

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to lead AI/ML projects for diverse clients. You will diagnose business problems, identify high‑value AI opportunities, and design scalable AI, ML, and agentic systems across cloud or on‑prem environments.

You’ll enhance data pipelines and own delivery from scoping to deployment with a cross‑functional team. You’ll collaborate with data and analytics professionals, ensure responsible AI practices, and guide clients through productionization,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (4-year degree).
• 3–6 years of full-time working experience in AI and/or Machine Learning.
• Strong skills in Python.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with diverse, hybrid and global teams.
• Experience identifying, solutioning, designing, building, deploying, and maintaining high‑impact production AI/ML solutions on a major cloud platform.
• Proficient in foundation models, generative AI, and agentic AI frameworks (OpenAI, DALL‑E, Langchain, Retrieval Augmented Generation).
• Experience with ML packages like scikit‑learn and PyTorch.
• Experience with natural language processing and deep learning.
• Extensive experience with AI‑assisted and DevOps tools (Claude, Codex, Cursor, GitHub, Azure DevOps), Jira, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with MLOps, LLMOps, and AgentOps and ML workflows, including data ingestion, transformation, and evaluation.
• Experience with model retraining and feedback loop methodologies.
• Experience with model evaluation, observability, monitoring and reporting.
• Strong foundation in mathematics, statistics, and operations research; proficiency in data manipulation tools (SQL, Pandas, Spark) and deep learning techniques.

Responsibilities

• Working with client stakeholders to translate ambiguous business and process challenges into scoped opportunities, then researching and implementing scalable ML, generative AI, and agentic systems.
• Designing AI-native applications, agentic workflows, reusable tools, connectors, and integrations while enhancing data pipelines and storage for data accuracy.
• Deploying, evaluating, monitoring, and optimizing learning processes to improve high‑performance models.
• Demonstrating solution value through measurable outcomes and identifying next use cases; travel as needed for client engagements.
• Using AI-native development tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining software engineering standards.
• Creating evaluations, observability, feedback loops, access controls, and human-in-the-loop safeguards for quality, safety, reliability and cost.

Skills

Python

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

OpenAI

Langchain

PyTorch

Jira

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Claude

Codex

Cursor

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to lead AI/ML projects for diverse clients. You will diagnose business problems, identify high‑value AI opportunities, and design scalable AI, ML, and agentic systems across cloud or on‑prem environments.

You’ll enhance data pipelines and own delivery from scoping to deployment with a cross‑functional team. You’ll collaborate with data and analytics professionals, ensure responsible AI practices, and guide clients through productionization,