About this role
<div> <p>At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. </p> <p>We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. </p> <p>Join EY and help to build a better working world. </p> </div> <div> </div> <h1 style="margin:24.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#365f91"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Senior Applied AI Engineer (Manager)</span></h1> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">You will work across a diverse portfolio of clients spanning Financial Services, the Public Sector, and the Private Sector. Our Applied AI Engineering teams deliver production-grade AI systems in regulated financial institutions as well as government, health, infrastructure, consumer, industrial and energy organisations. This cross-sector model gives you broad exposure to different regulatory environments, data landscapes and operating models, while building deep engineering capability that transfers across industries.</span></p> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"> </h2> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Location</span></h2> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Location London CP / Manchester / Birmingham / Edinburgh/ Belfast Hybrid with client‑site travel</span></p> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"> </h2> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Contract</span></h2> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Permanent, full‑time</span></p> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"> </h2> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Why EY — and why FS</span></h2> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">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.</span></p> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"> </h2> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Role purpose</span></h2> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">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.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">EY Grade: Manager (UK)</span></p> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"> </h2> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">What you’ll do</span></h2> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Client‑facing engineering & leadership</span></h3> <ul> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Shape engineering approaches; engage senior stakeholders; articulate trade‑offs; ensure engineering quality across squads and complex client environments.</span></li> </ul> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Solution architecture & implementation leadership</span></h3> <ul> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Architect enterprise‑grade AI services (agents, RAG pipelines, orchestration layers, platform components); ensure operational readiness; drive Responsible AI, evaluation and best practices.</span></li> </ul> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Product mindset & continuous improvement</span></h3> <ul> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Mentor engineers; lead technical reviews; establish reference architectures and reusable accelerators; contribute to internal knowledge sharing and external thought leadership.</span></li> </ul> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"> </h2> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">What we’re looking for</span></h2> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Essential</span></h3> <ul> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Deep software/systems engineering (Python/TypeScript, distributed systems, CI/CD).</span></li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Applied‑AI expertise: LLM/RAG engineering; evaluation; telemetry/drift monitoring; versioning and release management.</span></li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Cloud architecture (Azure/AWS/GCP), Kubernetes/Docker, serverless, IAM and network security.</span></li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Data engineering depth (Spark/Databricks; ETL/ELT); cloud‑native data + AI architectures.</span></li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Enterprise integration and SRE principles (SLIs/SLOs, runbooks, rollback).</span></li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Consulting leadership: stakeholder, budget and risk management; team leadership.</span></li> </ul> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"> </h3> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Nice to have</span></h3> <ul> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Graph/big‑data stacks; streaming; cloud architect certifications and Responsible AI governance credentials.</span></li> </ul> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Travel & working model</span></h2> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Hybrid with periodic client travel across the UK (and occasional international travel).</span></p> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"> </h2> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Shared closing section</span></h2> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">What we offer you</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">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. Learn more.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">EY | Building a better working world</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi‑disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">A PhD in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or Computer Engineering is desirable but not essential.</span></p><div> <p><strong>EY | Building a better working world </strong></p> <p>EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.</p> <p>Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.</p> <p>EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.</p> <p>"FDEFS"</p> </div>