AI and Automation Engineering Lead, Associate Director in Katowice

Location: Wrocław / Katowice - 2 days in office / 3 days remote

Let us introduce you the job offer by EY GDS Poland – a member of the global integrated service delivery center network by EY. At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you.

EY focuses on high ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities. Today's world is fueled by vast amounts of information. Data is more valuable than ever before. Protecting data and information systems is central to doing business, and everyone in EY Information Security has a critical role to play.

As an Associate Director in Information Security, this position leads the application of AI engineering within a global technology program, working closely with program leadership, workstream leads and technologists from across the globe. The position is responsible for the AI agents and automation that produce the program's reporting to senior leadership and to regional teams, and for the technical standards that govern how the program builds with AI.

This position also serves as the AI leader for Technology Assurance, Risk and Policy, guiding teams across the function on where and how to apply AI and agentic AI within our services and processes.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build and operate the AI agents and automation that produce the program's recurring reporting, using Claude and Claude Code, integrated with the enterprise systems.
• Own the AI and automation roadmap for the program, prioritizing work according to the effort it saves and the risk it reduces.
• Guide teams across Technology Assurance, Risk and Policy on where and how to apply AI and agentic AI within the function's services and processes.
• Establish the practices that allow AI to be adopted consistently and safely across the function.
• Set the standards the program builds to for AI use, covering how work is scoped to an agent, prompt and context engineering, testing for repeatability, documentation and the handling of sensitive data.
• Advise program leadership on where AI is appropriate, including where a conventional solution is the better answer.
• Evaluate developments in AI tooling and models and introduce what is of value to the program.
• Build automation that is resilient and supportable, with error handling, secure credential management, logging and alerting.
• Work with IT and Information Security to secure approval, connectivity and ongoing support for AI tooling.
• Represent the program's AI and automation position to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Develop AI engineering capability across the program through reusable components, documented patterns and practical working sessions.

Skills And Attributes For Success:

• Proven technical authority in AI engineering, built on agents and automation in production.
• Ability to judge where AI is the right tool, where a conventional solution is better, and what should remain manual.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to validate the accuracy of reporting relied on by senior leadership.
• Capable of building relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to deliver against fixed reporting deadlines.
• Ability to maintain a high level of integrity, trustworthiness and confidence when handling confidential information.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• At least 10 years of experience in software, automation or data engineering.
• Demonstrable experience building production solutions with Claude.
• Experience designing agentic workflows that complete an end-to-end task.
• Strong Python skills, including automation of document and data workflows.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Strong English language communication skills.

What We Look For:

We are looking for individuals with a passion for applied AI and a demonstrated ability to build with it to a standard that a global professional services firm can rely on.

What We Offer:

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across nine locations and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy.