CT Engineering - Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE) - EY GDS

EY Fabric Growth & Adoption is responsible for driving real-world adoption of EY Fabric products by working at the intersection of:

• Client needs and feedback
• Platform capabilities
• Product evolution

The team focuses on removing friction, accelerating delivery, and feeding improvements back into the platform, ensuring that client-driven solutions become reusable, scalable, and integrated into core product offerings.

Responsibilities

Client-Driven Delivery

• Partner with PreSales and client-facing teams to capture real-world friction points and unmet requirements.
• Analyze root causes and define pragmatic solutions (feature improvements, integrations, automations).
• Deliver working solutions in short cycles (1–4 weeks) and ensure they are merged into product codebases.

Solution Design & Implementation

• Design and implement solutions across infrastructure, scripting, and application layers.
• Provide technical guidance aligned with platform standards and best practices.
• Navigate hybrid and cloud-based environments within EY Fabric.

Product & Offering Influence

• Actively review new and existing offerings across Growth & Adoption.
• Provide structured feedback on solution design, usability, and readiness.
• Ensure alignment across teams before releases.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify improvement opportunities in high-usage offerings.
• Contribute fixes, enhancements, or automation to improve adoption and user experience.
• Feed field learnings back into engineering, documentation, and runbooks.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work across team boundaries (Product, Engineering, Operations, PreSales).
• Translate technical scenarios into clear language for business stakeholders.
• Mentor team members and contribute to shared knowledge and best practices.

Skills

Core

• Excellent communication skills (technical and business audiences)
• Strong documentation and structured communication capabilities
• Ability to quickly understand complex systems and codebases

Technical

• Broad technical capability (breadth over depth) across:
• Infrastructure and cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
• Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Application-level development and integration
• Strong understanding of:
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Code and release management (Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps)
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery - MANDATORY

Desired Experience

• Experience working in large organizations with complex processes and dependencies
• Experience in Agile environments and fast iteration cycles
• Experience designing, integrating, and supporting solutions at scale
• Experience in API-driven ecosystems and platform-based architectures
• Experience working close to clients, PreSales, or product teams

Desired Certifications (Optional)

• Microsoft Azure certifications
• DevOps or Cloud Architecture certifications
• Any certification related to automation, infrastructure, or platform engineering

What You Bring

Who You Are

• A finisher — you take ownership and ensure work gets completed despite complexity
• Highly self-directed — you identify next steps without waiting for direction
• Able to navigate large organizations and remove blockers
• Precise in execution — you follow instructions and deliver reliably

Ways of Working

• Bias for action — you prioritize delivery over over-analysis
• Comfortable switching contexts (infra, code, product, AI tooling)
• Collaborative and aligned with broader platform goals
• Focused on impact, not just activity

Success Looks Like

• Client friction points are resolved within short delivery cycles
• Solutions are integrated into product repositories (not left as one-offs)
• Offerings improve continuously based on field feedback
• The team is recognized as a trusted technical voice in product and adoption