Applied AI Engineer - Consulting Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 26, 2026.
Applied AI Engineer - Consulting Manager
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The opportunity
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 organizations. 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.
Role purpose
Operate as a hands-on engineer within a squad, taking ownership of defined components and delivering AI capabilities (e.g., agents, RAG pipelines) that meet enterprise standards for reliability, security and observability. Strengthen your foundations through the Applied AI Engineering Academy while taking on more responsibility for solution shaping and stakeholder engagement.
Your key responsibilities
Client-facing engineering & delivery
- Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders; translate requirements into engineering tasks; support workshops, demos and solution reviews; drive adoption through testing and iteration.
Solution design & implementation
- Design and implement RAG pipelines, agents, microservices and integrations; apply monitoring, evaluation and Responsible AI guardrails.
Product mindset & continuous improvement
- Shape MVP scope, backlog and release planning; capture reusable patterns and contribute to shared accelerators.
What we’re looking for
- Strong Python/TypeScript; async patterns; API design; testing/CI; microservice fundamentals.
- Hands-on LLMs, embeddings, vector databases; retrieval strategies and grounding.
- Cloud engineering (Azure preferred), Docker/Kubernetes, serverless; secure networking/IAM.
- Data engineering fundamentals (Spark/Databricks; ETL/ELT) and operational handover.
- Consulting behaviors: stakeholder engagement and clear, client-ready communication.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role.
- Fluent written and spoken English, French/German is a plus.
Ideally, you’ll also
- Document/graph stores; streaming (Event Hub/Kafka); cloud architecture exposure and 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. Learn more.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
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EY | Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
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.
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.
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