Senior Manager - Forward-Deployed AI Engineering

EY; Frankfort (KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager to lead interdisciplinary teams delivering AI/ML solutions for clients. You will drive opportunity qualification, solution demonstrations, and end-to-end delivery of AI projects across a range of industries.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering leadership, collaboration with data scientists and cloud engineers, and ensuring governance, observability, and cost-management for production AI systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or MS degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Data Science, or Engineering.
• 8–10+ years of professional consulting or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing technical teams and delivering AI/ML projects.

Responsibilities

• Leading lean, client-embedded engineering teams to diagnose opportunities and scale AI strategies.
• Deliver production-grade ML, generative AI, and agentic AI solutions across client engagements.
• Provide guidance on AI tooling, MLOps, LLMOps, and architecture decisions for scalable deployment.

Skills

AI engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud engineering

MLOps

Python

Education

Bachelor’s or MS in CS/Math/Data Science/Engineering

Tools

GIT

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

EY is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager to lead interdisciplinary teams delivering AI/ML solutions for clients. You will drive opportunity qualification, solution demonstrations, and end-to-end delivery of AI projects across a range of industries.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering leadership, collaboration with data scientists and cloud engineers, and ensuring governance, observability, and cost-management for production AI systems.