Senior AI Systems Architect – Forward Engineering

EY; Charleston (WV); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Paid time off options

Job summary

EY seeks a senior Distinguished Engineer to lead AI-native system delivery across regulated domains such as tax, finance, and risk. You’ll bridge real-world delivery, architecture enforcement, and platform feedback while partnering with governance authorities.

The role combines hands-on system design with client-facing leadership, delivering repeatable patterns and evidence-based recommendations to drive enterprise capability and safe, auditable deployments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years delivering complex AI enterprise systems in regulated environments.
• Deep experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and integration-heavy architectures.
• Hands-on experience with modern AI-enabled stacks and agentic systems.
• Proven ability to work in forward-facing roles owning outcomes under real-world constraints.
• Track record of reusable technical patterns or platforms at scale.
• Experience collaborating with architecture, product, and platform teams.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, quality gates and production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Serve as cross-engagement technical authority ensuring delivery aligns with architecture and safety in regulated contexts.
• Translate field observations into durable reference integrations and reusable patterns.
• Collaborate with AI agents to support safe-to-ship decisions with technical evidence.
• Lead and guide delivery teams toward repeatable, scalable approaches.
• Consolidate cross-cell signals into evidence-based recommendations and platform investments.
• Package client patterns into technical business cases and backlog candidates.
• Participate in architecture reviews and prioritization discussions for portability and operability.

Skills

AI/ML

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Orchestration frameworks

Governance and compliance

System design

Communication with executives

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS or related

Tools

Agentic systems

LLM-backed services

Observability tools

Job description

EY seeks a senior Distinguished Engineer to lead AI-native system delivery across regulated domains such as tax, finance, and risk. You’ll bridge real-world delivery, architecture enforcement, and platform feedback while partnering with governance authorities.

The role combines hands-on system design with client-facing leadership, delivering repeatable patterns and evidence-based recommendations to drive enterprise capability and safe, auditable deployments.