Senior Applied AI Engineer (Manager)
Location: London CP / Manchester / Birmingham / Edinburgh / Belfast
Hybrid with client‑site travel
Contract: Permanent, full‑time
Why EY — and why FS
As AI complexity and regulatory expectations rise, FS clients need technical leaders who can architect, govern and operate AI at scale. EY’s engineering‑led approach, and our collaboration with Microsoft/OpenAI via Azure OpenAI Service, positions our teams to deliver safe, reliable solutions embedded in enterprise environments. You will guide squads and shape architectures to meet these demands.
Role purpose
Lead technical delivery across solution threads: set technical direction, mentor engineers, and ensure systems are production‑ready (reliability, observability, security, runbooks). Continue your development through the Applied AI Engineering Academy focused on advanced patterns and engineering leadership.
What you’ll do
Client‑facing engineering & leadership
- Shape engineering approaches; engage senior stakeholders; articulate trade‑offs; ensure engineering quality across squads and complex client environments.
Solution architecture & implementation leadership
- Architect enterprise‑grade AI services (agents, RAG pipelines, orchestration layers, platform components); ensure operational readiness; drive Responsible AI, evaluation and best practices.
Product mindset & continuous improvement
- Mentor engineers; lead technical reviews; establish reference architectures and reusable accelerators; contribute to internal knowledge sharing and external thought leadership.
What we’re looking for
Essential
- Deep software/systems engineering (Python/TypeScript, distributed systems, CI/CD).
- Applied‑AI expertise: LLM/RAG engineering; evaluation; telemetry/drift monitoring; versioning and release management.
- Cloud architecture (Azure/AWS/GCP), Kubernetes/Docker, serverless, IAM and network security.
- Data engineering depth (Spark/Databricks; ETL/ELT); cloud‑native data + AI architectures.
- Enterprise integration and SRE principles (SLIs/SLOs, runbooks, rollback).
- Consulting leadership: stakeholder, budget and risk management; team leadership.
Nice to have
- Graph/big‑data stacks; streaming; cloud architect certifications and Responsible AI governance credentials.
What we offer you
At EY, we’ll develop you with future‑focused skills and equip you with world‑class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.
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