The Distinguished Engineer role at EY focuses on leading the delivery of AI-native systems in highly regulated industries such as tax, finance, and risk. This position is part of the Advanced Forward Engineering team, which is responsible for ensuring that AI systems transition from concept to production effectively and safely. The role requires a blend of technical expertise and client engagement, operating as a cross-cell technical leader. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical judgment and the ability to create reusable patterns for enterprise applications.

• 10+ years of experience delivering complex AI enterprise systems, ideally in regulated industries.
• Deep experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and integration-heavy architectures.
• Hands-on experience with modern AI-enabled application stacks.
• Proven ability to operate in forward-deployed or customer-facing engineering roles.
• Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycle, quality gates, and production readiness in enterprise settings.

• Serve as a cross-engagement technical authority, ensuring delivery implementations adhere to architecture intent and safety constraints.
• Synthesize learnings from multiple delivery cells into durable reference integrations and reusable patterns.
• Work with AI agents to support regulated safe-to-ship decisions by contributing technical evidence.
• Operate as a player-coach, contributing directly to complex system design and guiding delivery teams.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Product Architecture to package consolidated client patterns into technical business cases.

• Ernst & Young (EY) offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support the well-being of its employees across various dimensions.