Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineer & Leader

EY; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental coverage

401(k) / Pension

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a Forward‑Deployed Engineer Senior Manager to lead interdisciplinary teams delivering AI and data solutions for clients. You will translate AI strategy into production-grade systems, guiding MLOps and agentic tooling while collaborating with data scientists, cloud engineers and platform teams.

You will engage with diverse clients, foster leadership across teams, and drive measurable business value through scalable AI deployments in a hybrid on-site/remote model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or MS in a relevant field.
• 8–10+ years of professional consulting or technology experience.
• 3–5+ years of direct managing technical/consulting teams.
• Experience deploying foundation models, generative AI, and agentic AI.
• Strong Python, CI/CD, and DevOps familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead forward-deployed AI engineering teams delivering production ML solutions.
• Translate AI strategy into scalable, client-ready implementations.
• Guide adoption of MLOps, LLMOps, and agentic tooling.
• Collaborate with data, cloud, and platform engineers across client environments.

Skills

AI strategy

Engineering leadership

Data science

MLOps

Python

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor’s or MS in CS/related

Tools

Claude

Codex

Cursor

GitHub

MLFlow

Job description

EY is seeking a Forward‑Deployed Engineer Senior Manager to lead interdisciplinary teams delivering AI and data solutions for clients. You will translate AI strategy into production-grade systems, guiding MLOps and agentic tooling while collaborating with data scientists, cloud engineers and platform teams.

You will engage with diverse clients, foster leadership across teams, and drive measurable business value through scalable AI deployments in a hybrid on-site/remote model.