Development Manager @ Ernst & Young

Location: Dallas, Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas

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The opportunity

As part of the Americas Tax Technology Group (ATTG), you will be part of an organization that designs, builds, and operates AI-enabled digital products that empower our Tax professionals and clients. ATTG partners closely with the Tax practice to deliver secure, scalable, and responsible technology solutions, including digital and mobile tools, data platforms, analytics, dashboards, visualization, and emerging generative AI–driven experiences.

Our work is guided by AI principles:

Human-centered and value-driven AI
Responsible, secure, and compliant by design
Reuse before build; platforms over point solutions
AI embedded into workflows, not bolted on
Rapid experimentation with disciplined scale

The Development Manager (DM) sits within the Solution Delivery pillar, responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of AI-enabled products that support the Americas Tax practice.

This role blends people leadership, technical depth, and AI-informed decision making, ensuring products are delivered with speed, quality, and trust while aligning with firm architecture, security, and AI governance standards.

Your key responsibilities

Product Delivery Leadership:
- Partner with Product Owners to design, plan, build, operate, and continuously improve one or more products within a portfolio, with a focus on AI-augmented capabilities
- Own delivery outcomes including quality, reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability
- Lead development teams to deliver secure, scalable, and cloud-native solutions, incorporating automation and AI where it drives measurable value
- Ensure products meet 24x7 operational expectations, including leadership of urgent response teams for production issues
Agentic Engineering:
- Drive the responsible adoption of generative AI and advanced analytics in product development, testing, support, and operations
- Ensure AI solutions follow Responsible AI principles (security, privacy, explainability, compliance, and human oversight)
- Promote reuse of AI patterns, components, accelerators, and platforms across products and portfolios
Architecture, Standards & Platforms:
- Partner with Development Leads and Architects to create and maintain architecture artifacts including:
  - Infrastructure Architecture Documents (IAD)
  - Solution Design Documents (SDD)
  - AI architecture and integration patterns
- Ensure adoption of Reference Architecture standards, development patterns, and engineering best practices
- Drive consistency across teams while allowing flexibility for innovation and experimentation
- Embed AI into developer workflows (e.g., design, coding, testing, documentation, support) to improve speed and quality
Team & Talent Leadership:
- Lead and grow high-performing, inclusive development teams across onshore, offshore, and hybrid models
- Set clear goals, assign work, manage performance, and conduct career development discussions
- Coach teams to balance delivery excellence with innovation, leveraging AI as a force multiplier
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and psychological safety
- Coordinate closely with DevOps, Architecture, InfoSec, Data, and Platform teams
- Create and maintain technical and AI roadmaps aligned with product and business strategy

Skills and attributes for success

Proven track record delivering mission-critical, 24x7 enterprise systems
Strong grounding in software engineering fundamentals and modern development practices
Deep understanding of distributed systems, Platforms and cloud-native architecture
Practical experience applying Agile / Lean delivery models
Ability to clearly articulate complex technical and AI-enabled solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Strong decision-making skills informed by data, quality metrics, and AI-assisted insights
Comfortable leading through ambiguity and driving predictable outcomes at scale

To qualify for the role you must have

Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Accounting, Finance preferred) or equivalent experience
5–10 years of relevant experience
3+ years leading development teams using Agile/Lean practices
Design and deliver modern engineering solutions using Microsoft technology stack and AI technologies
Experience managing vendors and service providers

Ideally you will have

Master’s degree
Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering
Exposure to project and portfolio management
Tax domain experience

What We Look For

We are looking for leaders who:

Believe AI should augment people, not replace them
Balance speed with trust, security, and compliance
Think in terms of platforms, ecosystems, and reuse
Are energized by coaching teams through change
Want to make a measurable impact on how Tax professionals work every day

If you’re excited to lead teams building AI-powered, responsible, and scalable solutions that matter, we’d love to hear from you.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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 more.

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 $86,600 to $197,800. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $103,900 to $224,700. 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 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.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
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