Overview
AI & Data - Agentic AI Engineer - Manager
Location: Dublin / Cork / Limerick / Galway / Waterford • Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: Yes • Business Area: UKI Data & AI • Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent
The opportunity: This is your chance to lead the future of AI engineering at EY Ireland. As a hands-on architect and team lead, you’ll shape enterprise-grade GenAI solutions and multi-agent orchestration strategies. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate across diverse teams to deliver impactful, scalable AI systems. This role offers the opportunity to influence EY’s AI strategy and build solutions that align with global standards and regulatory frameworks.
Responsibilities
* Hands-on Team Lead/Architect. Defines technical standards, codes daily, ensures compliance and safe MVP delivery.
* Lead enterprise-grade GenAI and multi-agent orchestration efforts; vendor/LLM selection and portfolio strategy (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, Llama, Hugging Face); establish coding/CI/CD/documentation standards, storage and retrieval, knowledge architectures including RAG, agent perception layers.
* Core Skills: Python, Docker/Kubernetes/ECS at scale; event-driven (Kafka/RabbitMQ); observability.
* Patterns: Tree-of-Thought, multi-agent orchestration, debate/deliberation agents; RLHF/RLAIF strategy awareness.
* Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Qualifications & Skills
* Machine Learning / AI Skills: Comprehensive AI across NLP, Computer Vision, Document Intelligence, Time Series, and multimodal GenAI.
* Expert use of PyTorch/TensorFlow and Hugging Face; integration of ML into enterprise pipelines.
* Design of organization-level evaluation and scoring frameworks with release gates (R/A/G).
* Governance: alignment to ISO 42010 and EU AI Act; model/prompt/data versioning; audit logs; risk management.
* LLM Strategy: evaluate and standardize across providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Llama) and vector platforms (Pinecone/Weaviate/Milvus).
* Cloud: multi-cloud and hybrid architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP; reliability/SLOs; cost/tokens governance.
Ideally, You’ll Also Have
* MSc or PhD in a relevant field, or equivalent senior industry experience.
* Experience in designing evaluation frameworks and release gates for AI models.
* Knowledge of vector platforms like Pinecone, Weaviate, and Milvus.
What We Look For
We’re looking for innovative thinkers who are passionate about AI and eager to make a difference. You’ll thrive in a collaborative environment, bring a purpose-driven mindset, and embrace inclusivity. If you’re agile, curious, and ready to lead transformative projects, we want to hear from you.
What Working At EY Offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
* Support and coaching from engaged colleagues
* Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
* Flexibility to handle your role in a way that suits you
All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits includes: Pension, Maternity & Paternity leave, Discounted health insurance, Bike to work scheme, Web Doctor, Recognition Awards, Additional annual leave, Referral incentives, Hybrid Working, Work Mobile, Free Gym membership, EY TECH MBA paid by EY, Travel Pass, Wellness rooms (in some offices).
EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome flexible working arrangements. If you need disability-related adjustments, please inform us as soon as possible.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
Important: Where agency assistance is required, our Talent Team will engage directly with suppliers. CVs/profiles should not be shared directly with Hiring Managers. Unsolicited CVs/profiles supplied to EY by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
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