Technology Consulting Digital Engineering AI & Distributed Systems Engineer Manager

At EY our purpose is to shape the future. The insights and quality services we provide help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and economies all over the world. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all our so doing we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people for our clients and for our communities.

The opportunity

The Platforms Practice specializes in mission-critical intelligent platforms for the worlds most ambitious organizations. Using our product-driven AI-centric approach we empower organizations to build for the intelligent digital future. Our elite team of product leaders data scientists designers and software engineers enable our clients to solve their most complex product challenges and positively impact people and the world. We are looking for Backend Engineers with skills and experience in Java or C# Python Spring Core.

We are seeking highly skilled and motivated Platform Engineers to join our team. This role is pivotal in designing building scaling and maintaining the foundational infrastructure and services that power our applications. You will work closely with other engineers DevOps and data teams to ensure our platform and solutions are scalable secure fit-for-purpose and UX-friendly.

Your Key Responsibilities

The goal is to support our clients to transform their business through technology. You will be responsible for analyzing designing developing integrating testing and deploying new and existing software application programs. You will work with customers technical leads client executives and partners to manage and deliver high quality systems with a focus on reliability and excellent customer experience becoming a trusted advisor to decision makers throughout the engagement. As a Manager you will lead the effective management and delivery of processes solutions and projects ensuring a strong focus on quality and risk management. This role presents exciting challenges and opportunities for growth allowing you to apply your expertise in guiding others and recommending quality solutions. You will engage regularly with external clients actively participating in working sessions and leading workstreams from planning through execution and closure.

• Design and implement robust APIs and microservices using Java Python FastAPI and OpenAPI.
• Architect and maintain containerized applications using Docker Kubernetes and Helm.
• Develop and optimize data models and queries using PostgreSQL and ORMs (e.g. SQLAlchemy).
• Champion test-driven development (TDD) practices including unit and integration testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build distributed systems leveraging message queues (RabbitMQ) and caching layers (Redis).
• Integrate authentication and authorization mechanisms using Keycloak OAuth2 OIDC and Azure Active Directory (AAD).
• Work with Azure cloud services including API gateways (APIM FrontDoor) and object storage (Azure Blob and File Storage).
• Creating and debugging Kubernetes-hosted services.
• Explore and implement interactions with AI/LLM systems including agentic workflows vector stores and embedding-based search.
• Monitor troubleshoot and optimize platform performance and reliability.
• Occasional contributions to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code.

Regular travel may berequiredto meet with clients providing you with the opportunity to engage directly with stakeholders.

Skills and attributes for success

To thrive in this role you will need a blend of technical and business skills that will make a significant impact. Your ability to build and manage relationships communicate effectively and lead teams will be essential.

• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced collaborative team environment

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; writing publishing and conference-level presentation skills
• Convert unclear or broad requirements into clear actionable tasks that prioritize high-value outcomes for our users.
• Passionate about delivering commercial software products and platforms to market
• Deeply technical and constantly in a state of learning
• Comfortable providing technical guidance and coaching to other engineers
• Strive to be at the forefront of new modern technologies and bring them within the larger team
• Ensure the successful engineering delivery of assigned projects and putting hands-on if needed
• Work with the engineering team to package best practices and lessons learned into thought leadership and published assets

• Interact with sales partners and customer technical stakeholders to manage project scope priorities deliverables risks/issues and timelines for successful project outcomes

• Proficient in Agile delivery and development methodologies.
• Experienced in application delivery processes and application development tools.
• Strong understanding of quality assurance and testing practices.
• Knowledgeable in system development lifecycle and technology integration.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree (4-year degree) in computer science Software Engineering or a related field.
• Typically no less than 4-6 years relevant experience in professional platform engineering experience or similar role in software development and system administration.
• Experience building large scale distributed systems with cloud native technologies
• Programming languages: Experience with Java or C# Python Spring Core
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals.
• Ability to communicate in written and spoken form with clients about business needs and translate that into a technical solution.
• Excellent knowledge of software design and system architecture.
• Outstanding consulting communication and presentation abilities.
• A team player possessing strong communication skills with staff at all levels.
• Self-skilled and quick learner regardless of the languages and technologies used.
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.

• Proficient in application development tools.
• Experienced in quality assurance.
• Knowledgeable in the system development lifecycle.
• Skilled in technology business requirements definition analysis and mapping.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Effective change management abilities.
• Proven track record of leading teams.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with key stakeholders including internal teams clients and vendors.

Ideally youll also have

• Desire to be a full-stack engineer
• Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with a variety of audiences including developers clients customers partners and executives
• Ability to be fearless in getting hands-on with technology and execution
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering processes
• Deep understanding and interest in cloud and distributed systems architectures
• Comfortable with ambiguity with a drive for clarity
• Experience in leading and growing technical talent (for software engineering managers)
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Experience in managing change effectively.
• A track record of leading teams successfully.

What we look for

We seek individuals who are not only technically proficient but alsopossessthe qualities of emotional agility digital fluency and commercial acumen. Top performersdemonstratethe ability to build trust and value with clients while leading teams through change and innovation.