Client Technology - Engineering - AI Lead Engineer
About The Position
This role involves leading the delivery of solution or infrastructure development services for large or very complex AI/ML projects. The AI Lead Engineer is expected to leverage strong technical capabilities and hands-on experience, taking accountability for the design, development, delivery, and maintenance of solutions or infrastructure. This includes ensuring compliance with and contributing to relevant standards. The position requires a full understanding of business and user requirements to ensure design specifications meet both business and technical needs. A key focus is on owning the integration of AI/ML components into larger solutions, prioritizing high user impact.
Requirements
- Advanced technical proficiency in designing, developing, and debugging production-grade AI/ML solutions
- Advanced knowledge of Python, C#, or R
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- More than 10 years applied experience
- Up-to-date in latest AI/ML Engineering, Generative AI, Agentic platforms and MLOps
- Strong understanding of LLMs and advanced prompt engineering
- Significant experience in AI/ML engineering roles
- Experience delivering AI engineering solutions and handling user requirements
- CI/CD delivery using GitHub or ADO
- Proficiency in fine ‑tuning language models
- Experience developing production-grade RAG systems
- Knowledge of embedding models and NLP similarity/search systems
- Familiarity with designing agentic systems
- Ability to design evaluation frameworks including A/B testing and benchmarking
Nice To Haves
- Microsoft/Google/AWS certificates
- Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience delivering using modern methodologies
Responsibilities
- Solves complex and escalated aspects of a project, performing coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting
- Provides advanced technical expertise to maximize efficiency, reliability and value from current solutions and emerging technologies
- Develops strong working relationships across Development, Engineering and Architecture teams
- Provides leadership ensuring expectations, structures and tools are in place to deliver the project
- Drives consistency to processes, procedures, standards and technical design
Benefits
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business
- Medical and dental coverage
- Pension and 401(k) plans
- Wide range of paid time off options
- Flexible vacation policy, where you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances
- Time off for designated EY Paid Holidays
- Winter/Summer breaks
- Personal/Family Care
- Other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
