Senior Manager, AI Forward‑Deployed Engineering

EY; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is expanding its AI, Data & Engineering practice and seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager to help clients identify high-value AI opportunities and translate ambition into scalable solutions at scale. You will work across data science, analytics and software engineering to unify, enrich, and derive insights from varied data sources.

Join EY to shape the future of AI, lead interdisciplinary teams, and deliver engineered AI capabilities in client environments, enabling measurable

Qualifications

• Experience leading forward-deployed AI engineering teams.
• Ability to translate client needs into scalable AI solutions.
• Strong grasp of data science, analytics and software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead lean, client-embedded AI engineering teams to diagnose opportunities and scale AI strategy.
• Deliver production-grade machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI solutions while staying close to architecture decisions.
• Guide tools and practices (MLOps, LLMOps, Agents) to fit client needs and ecosystems.

Skills

AI strategy

Team leadership

Client-facing communication

Production ML systems

Tools

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Codex

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GitHub

Job description

EY is expanding its AI, Data & Engineering practice and seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager to help clients identify high-value AI opportunities and translate ambition into scalable solutions at scale. You will work across data science, analytics and software engineering to unify, enrich, and derive insights from varied data sources.

Join EY to shape the future of AI, lead interdisciplinary teams, and deliver engineered AI capabilities in client environments, enabling measurable