Engineering Director jobs in United States, New York, New York

Your key responsibilities

You will be part of diverse teams of professionals across different geographies to deliver a wide range of data and analytics services. You will be solving complex issues and driving growth across financial services.

Skills and attributes for success

• Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
• Leading and coaching diverse teams of professionals with different backgrounds
• Providing subject matter expertise in defining technical and business approaches
• Working across and influencing different stakeholders within the client organization, cultivating, and executing on business opportunities
• Building strong relationships with the clients including engaging with C-level executives and technical clients
• Initiating and building thought leadership through white papers, point of views, and proof of concepts
• Working in an entrepreneurial environment to pave your own career path
• Propose and drive new technologies to enhance or replace existing business processes

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Undergraduate or master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., engineering, computer science, business, economics, finance, statistics, and/or analytics)
• Minimum of 9 years’ experience in banking, capital markets, insurance, or asset management domain with at least 3 years of experience managing a team
• Superior communication (verbal and written) with the ability to effectively advocate technical solutions and results to technology and business audiences at all levels and disciplines within EY and client organizations
• Experience working independently, efficiently, and effectively under extreme time constraints and delivering results by critical deadlines
• Demonstrate exploration of new techniques outside of day-to-day job duties
• Experience presenting technical conclusions to senior officials in a company and other stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with client-facing activities such as requirements gathering, facilitating meetings, presentation creation, and ability to prepare client ready deliverables
• Project management and process development expertise in client serving roles
• Excellent leadership and teaming skills
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to integrate new knowledge and adapt to change with a natural curiosity and desire to learn
• A willingness and ability to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 60%
• Valid passport

DAE Specific

• Ability to understand business challenges and address remediations through data architecture and engineering solutions.
• Must have practical experience assisting clients with one or more of strategic Data Architecture and Engineering, Cloud Data Modernization, Data migration and Event-driven architecture, preferably focused on financial services.
• Experience architecting and designing large data platforms, data warehouses and data lakes, streaming applications, data ingestion, integration, and distribution pipelines.
• Practical experience using latest technologies for data ingestion, integration, transformation, storage, mining/warehousing, big data analytics, and visualization.
• Deep understanding of traditional data architecture practices (data warehousing, datahub, MDM, ODS etc.) as well transition to Next-Gen platform architectures such as distributed data lake and Data mesh on cloud, etc.
• Practitioner experience in multiple data technologies such as:
• Cloud Data Platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Platform, Databricks, Snowflake)
• Big Data applications and Distributed Processing (Hadoop and Spark ecosystem components)
• Data integration Tools (Informatica, Talend, etc.)
• Experience with scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.
• Traditional RDBMS (Teradata, Netezza, MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• MPP (Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS Redshift etc.)
• NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J, Titan, Elasticsearch)
• Streaming Platform and Applications (Spark streaming, Kafka, Storm, etc.)
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools (Airflow, etc.)
• Dev Ops (GitHub, Kubernetes Jenkins, Terraform)
• Data Modeling (Data vault, Star, Snowflake)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Master’s degree in business administration (MBA) or Science (MS) preferred
• Prior consulting experience
• Experience monitoring performance, reporting, and economics of ongoing progress for the major initiatives of the business unit you support.
• Oral presentation skills, with the ability to lead meetings & hold workshops with executives
• Experience quantifying results to the business, from the front line to senior executives

What we offer you

Consulting – Tech Consulting – FinTech – Blockchain and AI Engineering - Manager

Whole industries have been disrupted and transformed in recent years by digital technology. EY advises clients to understand, architect, select and implement bleeding edge solutions required to efficiently run their businesses, with a focus on Digital and Cloud. These service areas span E-commerce, Blockchain, Solution Architecture, Mobile Applications, Digital Platform Architecture, Digital Technology Strategy, and Digital IT Operations.

As a Manager in Application Systems Engineering, you will be at the forefront of defining user and customer requirements, focusing on development across diverse platforms. You'll play a pivotal role in engineering software components and services that ensure seamless communication within the system architecture.

Your key responsibilities

As a vital member of our team, you will manage and deliver high-quality processes, solutions, or projects, with a strong focus on quality, risk management, and continuous improvement. You'll be expected to innovate through research and benchmarking best practices, while managing professional employees and supervisory responsibilities to meet performance objectives. Your role will encompass:

• Leading agile teams of engineers and take responsibility for the overall planning, execution, and success of blockchain projects
• Growing our team, including coaching individuals, leading technical discussions and learning sessions, and developing more leaders within our team
• Establishing and driving software engineering best practices and set standards across our global blockchain team
• Collaborating on product direction as a technical lead to design and implement blockchain solutions that create meaningful value for our clients
• Educating our clients on blockchain technology and its capabilities and evaluating the viability of potential use cases and applications
• Supporting business development opportunities as a technical resource alongside subject matter experts from Advisory, Assurance, and Tax service lines
• Ensuring billability through chargeable work to external clients.
• Leading workstream delivery with strategic oversight.
• Managing project status and overseeing deliverable completion.
• Traveling as required by client engagements.
• Actively participating in client sessions and leading workstreams from planning to execution.
• Identifying additional service opportunities to drive sales.
• Leading specific RFP responses and managing engagement economics.
• Executing resource planning within budget constraints.

Skills and attributes for success

To thrive in this role, you'll need a blend of technical prowess and business acumen, coupled with the ability to manage complex problems and lead teams effectively. Your skills will include:

• You’re an innovator. You keep up to date on emerging technologies (especially blockchain) and are constantly thinking about potential applications.
• You’re a people developer. You find and cultivate talent to achieve outstanding results. You give your team creative freedom to innovate while holding them accountable for making good decisions and delivering results.
• You’re focused on customer value. You don’t blindly implement specs and actively talk to customers and stakeholders to design solutions to their problems.
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity. You thrive in the face of complex problems with no obvious solutions.
• You’re entrepreneurial at heart. You have a passion for making your ideas a reality, building prototypes and ultimately launching production-scale solutions in the market.
• Agile development methodologies.
• Application integration and quality assurance.
• Proficiency in software development and technology business requirements analysis.
• Strong relationship management and negotiation skills.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor's degree is required, with at least 4-6 years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of professional engineering experience with 3+ years of people management experience
• Hands-on experience with modern full-stack JavaScript development including Node.js and frameworks such as React and Express
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
• Experience building cloud native/microservices architecture applications and platforms
• Experience with Agile software development (like Scrum or Kanban)
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Proven experience in project management of complex deliverables
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness and ability to travel to meet client needs

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Passion for blockchain technology and experience with Ethereum, Quorum, and/or Solidity
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Previous experience deploying and configuring environments using infrastructure-as-code provisioning tools like Terraform and Ansible
• Experience with traditional enterprise technologies including SaaS and ERP systems (like SAP)
• Experience managing customer-facing engineering teams
• Experience with another language in addition to JavaScript/Typescript for example Rust, Golang, Python, or Java.
• Interest in the emerging field of AI, including experience with:
  • Large Language Models and integration with those
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • EmbeddingsStrong analytical and decision-making capabilities.

Your key responsibilities

As an IBM Alliance SE, you’ll be responsible for leading Alliance sales activity by delivering against defined sales and pipeline targets. You’ll build relationships with top priority clients for joint alliance pursuits and drive sales directly in the market. You’ll be a subject matter expert on the alliance program; IBM powered transformations and solutions and joint EY-IBM value proposition. You will have expertise and experience in the IBM platform and solutions including but not limited to: Apptio, Watson, RedHat, SW AG and Hashicorp, their sales & GTM motions, developing/ maintaining relevant alliance partner relationships and able to lead pursuits independently through qualification phase if needed. Your time will be primarily focused on external selling, actively engaging with IBM, your client(s) and EY account and industry leadership.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 10-12 years of quota carrying sales experience in professional services, solutions, and technology.
• Direct enterprise and alliance channel sales experience
• Experience selling enterprise solutions to Financial Services organizations (Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance and Wealth and Asset Management)
• Services sales experience working at a Big 4 firm. Accenture, IBM or other GSI
• Experience teaming with other system integrators around joint services solutions.
• Knowledge and expertise of IBM technology solutions and platforms
• A proven record of selling complex digital, technology and/or managed services solutions to the "C" level of Fortune 500 companies.
• Expert client management and relationship skills, strong executive presence, and expertise in influencing without authority.
• Knowledge of EY’s Alliances, products and services
• Solid understanding of the marketplace/industry, competitive intel, and target account profiles information
• Strong knowledge of current and emerging sales tools, methodologies and go-to-market models including social media.
• Strong sector or technical content expertise
• Strong ability to manage and resolve conflict.
• A University/bachelor’s degree

Ideally, you’ll also have

• An advanced degree or MBA
• Technical IT background
• Delivery management leadership experience
• Selling experience with IBM’s recent acquisitions (Redhat, Apptio, SW AG, Hashicorp) solutions
• AI solution selling experience, ideally with IBM watsonx products.
• Joint services experience.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills
• Team selling experience.
• Ability to travel.

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 .

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $221,410 to $280,070 plus participation in an incentive compensation program applicable to Sales Executives. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $265,650 to $318,290 plus participation in an incentive compensation program applicable to Sales Executives. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

The Platform Engineering carries the responsibility of contributing to our technical innovation and efficiency. In this role, individuals will leverage their career by staying hands-on while contributing to a multifaceted team of engineers towards the goal of streamlining and automating our operations and processes. In this role, you will identify and define user/customer requirements, focusing on developing user interfaces (UI) across various platforms such as mobile, web, and tablets. You will be responsible for creating software components and services that interact seamlessly with upstream and downstream components, ensuring that business requirements are met through effective coding and programming.

Your key responsibilities

As a Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering innovative solutions. In the role, you will be at the forefront of contributing to the delivery of processes, solutions, and projects. You will apply your judgment and select appropriate methodologies to inform recommendations, navigate success criteria, barriers, risks, and issues. This role presents an opportunity to challenge yourself, grow your skills, and contribute to our team's success. Expect regular travel as needed by our external clients. Your time will be spent on various responsibilities, including:

• Collaborating with clients to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring that the final product meets their needs.
• Designing and developing user interfaces that are not only functional but also enhance user experience.
• Writing clean, maintainable code and creating specifications that support business objectives.
• Regular travel may be required to meet with clients, providing you with the opportunity to engage directly with stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design and implement robust APIs and microservices using 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.

Skills and attributes for success

To excel in this role, you should possess a blend of technical and interpersonal skills. The following attributes will make a significant impact:

• Strong understanding of agile delivery and development methodologies.
• Proficiency in application development tools and quality assurance practices.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with clients, fostering trust and value.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex ideas with clarity.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor’s 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.
• Strong proficiency in Python and FastAPI for backend development.
• Solid experience with microservices architecture, API design, and implementation.
• Hands-on experience with containers, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Deep understanding of relational databases, especially PostgreSQL, and ORM tools.
• Proven experience with unit testing, integration testing, and TDD methodologies.
• Experience with mTLS for secure service-to-service communication.

• Proficiency in Agile Delivery methodologies.
• Experience with Application Delivery Processes.
• Familiarity with Application Development Tools.
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance practices.
• Understanding of Testing practices.
• Familiarity with the System Development Lifecycle.
• Experience in System Integration.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with building and evolving distributed systems
• Experience with integration technologies : APIs, message queues, and caches
• Familiarity with identity and access management tools like Keycloak, OAuth2, OIDC, and AAD.
• Exposure to cloud services (Azure preferred), including API gateways and object storage.
• Experience with LLMs, vector databases, and semantic search.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and infrastructure automation (e.g., Terraform, GitHub Actions) are assets.

• Experience in complex problem-solving and critical thinking.
• Strong emotional agility and the ability to collaborate in hybrid environments.
• A proactive approach to learning and adapting to new technologies.

What we look for

We seek individuals who are not only technically proficient but also possess a strong sense of curiosity and a desire to learn. Top performers are those who can navigate complex challenges with ease, communicate effectively, and build meaningful relationships with clients and colleagues alike.

With deep functional and sector expertise, paired with innovative AI-powered technology and an investor mindset, we partner with CEOs, Boards, Private Equity and Governments every step of the way – enabling you to shape your future with confidence.

The role involves the identification and articulation of key value points related to deal closing mechanics to assist clients in their negotiations of M&A pricing and associated transaction documents. You will interact with deal teams and clients across all stages of the deal continuum including planning, negotiation, signing, closing, and post-closing. The role will enable you to:

• Develop a specialized skill set in a high value-add area for corporate and private equity clients.
• Gain experience on a wide range of transactions (on both the buy-side and the sell-side) in different sectors and markets.
• Improve analytical and negotiation techniques.
• Gain insight into key value levers for clients in negotiating key deal value points and SPAs.
• Advise and support negotiations with senior members of client and counterparty teams along with their advisors.
• Work closely with due diligence teams to identify and mitigate risk for clients.
• Work across borders with our global network of deal professionals.
• Develop a strong internal and external network.

Working closely with clients, their bankers and legal advisers, transaction diligence teams and other SPA Advisory team members to manage and deliver advice around the deal price adjustment mechanisms on M&A transactions, including (i) analysis of cash, debt and working capital adjustments; (ii) preparation of pricing schedules; (iii) reviewing and commenting on the financial aspects of the SPA; (iv) assisting the client with their preparation or review of closing accounts; and (v) performing leakage reviews (on locked box transactions). Your key responsibilities will include:

• Supervising senior associates and associates, with the opportunity to lead and work directly with Partners, Managing Directors, and Senior Directors to provide insightful, deal-relevant points of view and recommendations to the client.
• Supporting client negotiations with the counterparty on transactions.
• Drafting detailed and compelling outputs for clients.
• Building valued relationships with external clients and internal peers to develop a portfolio of projects by focusing on high value opportunities.
• Taking ownership of Quality and Risk Management (Q&RM) to ensure client work is delivered consistently and in compliance with EY's quality standards.
• Communicating with partners and senior directors in a flat team structure.

Skills and attributes for success

• Confident interpersonal skills and a positive attitude.
• Comfortable working both independently or in a team.
• Eagerness to learn and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Desire to develop strong internal and external networks.
• Strong communication skills.
• Critical thinker with very good attention to detail.
• Ability to work to tight project deadlines.
• Ability to simultaneously handle diverse and pressing assignments and sensitive and adversarial situations.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance and 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and 4 years of related work experience.
• Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights.
• The ability to prioritize effectively on projects and the skills to adapt quickly to new challenges and concepts.
• Solid negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting relationships both internally and externally.
• Strong skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A team-oriented mindset.
• You must either reside in or be in a commutable distance to your office location for this position.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary. In certain circumstances, travel may be required beyond your work location based on client and project needs.

Ideally, you will have

• A proven record of excellence in a role directly supporting or giving familiarity with mergers or acquisitions transactions.
• An active CPA certification or formal accounting training.
• Experience gained within another large professional services organization.
• Established networking skills in a relevant industry.
• Knowledge of how to leverage firm-approved AI tools in a business setting, including Microsoft Copilot.

What we look for

Your key responsibilities

You will be part of diverse teams of professionals across different geographies to deliver a wide range of data and analytics services. You will be solving complex issues and driving growth across financial services.

Skills and attributes for success

• Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
• Leading and coaching diverse teams of professionals with different backgrounds
• Providing subject matter expertise in defining technical and business approaches
• Building strong relationships with the clients and cultivating business opportunities
• Initiating and building thought leadership through white papers, point of views, and proof of concepts
• Working in an entrepreneurial environment to pave your own career path

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Undergraduate or master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g. engineering, computer science, business, economics, finance, statistics, and/or analytics)
• Around 6 or more years of related work experience in banking, capital markets, insurance, or asset management space
• Good communication (verbal and written) with the ability to effectively advocate technical solutions and results to technology and business audiences at all levels and disciplines within EY and client organizations
• Experience working independently, efficiently, and effectively under extreme time constraints and delivering results by critical deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with client-facing activities such as requirements gathering, facilitating meetings, presentation creation, and ability to prepare client ready deliverables
• Prior experience in project management and client serving roles
• Excellent leadership and teaming skills
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to integrate new knowledge and adapt to change with a natural curiosity and desire to learn
• A willingness and ability to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 60%
• Valid passport

DAE Specific

• Ability to understand business challenges and address remediations through data architecture and engineering solutions
• Must have practical experience assisting clients with one or more of strategic Data Architecture and Engineering, Cloud Data Modernization, Big Data initiatives and Event-driven architecture, preferably focused in financial services
• Experience architecting and designing large data platforms, data warehouses, streaming applications, data ingestion, integration, and distribution pipelines
• Practical experience using latest technologies for data ingestion, integration, transformation, storage, mining/warehousing, big data analytics, and manipulation
• Deep understanding of traditional data architecture practices (MDM, ODS, data warehousing, etc.) as well transition to Next-Gen platforms such as Hadoop, Cloud, distributed ledgers, etc.
• Practitioner experience in multiple data technologies such as:

• Cloud Data Platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Platform, Databricks, Snowflake)
• Big Data applications and Distributed Processing (Hadoop ecosystem components)
• Traditional RDBMS (MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• MPP (AWS Redshift, Teradata, Netezza)
• NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J, Titan, Elasticsearch)
• Streaming Platform and Applications (Spark streaming, Kafka, Storm, etc.)
• Dev Ops (Github, Kubernetes Jenkins, Terraform)
• Data Modeling (Datavault, Star, Snowflake)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) or Science (MS) preferred
• Prior consulting experience

What we offer you