Forward Deployed Engineer - Model Engineering - Senior - Consulting

Position: Forward Deployed Engineer - Model Engineering - Senior - Consulting - OPEN Location
Location:

Anywhere in Country

At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence.

We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

** The opportunity*
* Our AI, Data & Engineering team helps apply cutting edge technology and techniques to bring solutions to our clients. As part of that, you'll sit side-by-side with clients and diverse teams from EY to create a well-rounded approach to advising and solving challenging problems, some of which have not been solved before. No two days will be the same, and with constant research and development, you'll find yourself building knowledge that can be applied across a wide range of projects now, and in the future.

You'll need to have a passion for continuous learning, stay ahead of the trends, and influence new ways of working so you can position solutions in the most relevant and innovative way for our clients. You can expect heavy client interaction in a fast-paced environment and the opportunity to develop your own career path for your unique skills and ambitions.

As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you will be at the forefront of revolutionizing how businesses leverage artificial intelligence.

Your role will involve working directly with clients to diagnose business and process problems, identify high-value AI opportunities, and research, build, and implement scalable AI, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic systems that learn, reason, and generate outputs tailored to diverse business environments, whether in the cloud or on-premises. You will enhance data pipelines to ensure data integrity and optimize learning processes, while owning delivery from solution shaping through deployment and collaborating with a talented team of data and analytics professionals.

** Your key responsibilities*
* In this role, you will contribute significantly to the end-to-end delivery of innovative AI solutions, from client discovery and solutioning through production operation and value measurement. You will work with a wide variety of clients to deliver modern AI engineering, machine learning, and generative AI technologies. Your teams will design and build scalable solutions that unify, enrich, and derive insights from varied data sources across a broad technology landscape.

You will help our clients navigate the complex world of modern data science, analytics, and software engineering.  We'll look to you to work hands-on with clients, provide guidance and perform technical development tasks to ensure AI solutions are responsibly engineered, evaluated, deployed, and maintained to support the ongoing business needs of our clients.  You will be joining a dynamic and interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who love to tackle the most challenging computational problems for our clients.

We love to think creatively, build applications efficiently, and collaborate in both the ideation of solutions and the pursuit and expansion of new opportunities. Many on our team have advanced academic degrees or equivalent experience in industry.

You will spend your time on key responsibilities that include:

+ Working with client stakeholders to translate ambiguous business and process challenges into scoped opportunities, then researching and implementing scalable machine learning, generative AI, and agentic systems that meet business requirements.

+ Designing AI-native applications, agentic workflows, reusable tools, connectors, and integrations while enhancing data pipelines and storage for optimal data accuracy and cleanliness.

+ Deploying, evaluating, monitoring, and optimizing learning processes to improve high-performance models.

+ Demonstrating solution value through measurable outcomes, identifying logical next use cases, and traveling as needed to engage with external clients regularly.

+ Using AI-native development tools such as Claude, Codex, Cursor, and Git Hub to accelerate delivery while maintaining software engineering, testing, security, and documentation standards.

+ Creating evaluations, observability, feedback loops, access controls, and human-in-the-loop safeguards to manage quality, safety, reliability, performance, and cost.

** Skills and attributes for success*
* To excel in this role, you will need a blend of deep engineering expertise, client leadership, product delivery, and interpersonal skills. Your ability to navigate complex challenges and…