Senior AI Systems Architect & Delivery Lead

Ernst & Young Oman; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental coverage

Pension/401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

EY seeks a senior Distinguished Engineer to lead AI-native system delivery in regulated industries, combining deep technical judgment with client presence and systems thinking.

As part of the Advanced Forward Engineering team, you’ll drive architecture enforcement, platform feedback, and durable reference implementations while partnering with governance authorities to ensure audit-grade delivery outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years delivering complex AI enterprise systems.
• Deep experience with distributed systems and cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with AI-enabled stacks (agentic systems, orchestration, LLM-backed services).
• Proven ability to operate in forward-deployed or client-facing roles.
• Track record of reusable technical patterns or platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as cross-engagement technical authority, ensuring delivery adheres to architecture, safety, and constraints in regulated environments.
• Synthesize learnings into durable reference integrations and reusable patterns.
• Work with AI agents to support safe-to-ship decisions with evidence.
• Operate as a player-coach, guiding delivery teams toward repeatable approaches.
• Consolidate cross-cell signals into evidence-based recommendations for platform investment.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Product Architecture to package patterns into business cases.

Skills

AI/ML

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Security

Regulated industries

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS

Tools

Orchestration frameworks

LLM-backed services

Job description

EY seeks a senior Distinguished Engineer to lead AI-native system delivery in regulated industries, combining deep technical judgment with client presence and systems thinking.

As part of the Advanced Forward Engineering team, you’ll drive architecture enforcement, platform feedback, and durable reference implementations while partnering with governance authorities to ensure audit-grade delivery outcomes.