Lead AI Engineer

EPAM Systems is seeking a senior Lead AI Engineer to architect and deliver AI-powered financial assistance workflows and custom chat and reporting experiences for an institutional AI assistant platform.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build next-generation AI-powered financial assistance workflows
• Develop bespoke chat and reporting interfaces for an AI financial assistant experience
• Translate high-level problem definitions into low-level requirements
• Anticipate edge cases, create system designs, and deliver production-ready implementations independently
• Integrate and optimize AI applications across quality, latency, reliability, and cost
• Maintain high standards for software quality, reliability, security, maintainability, and data privacy
• Use AI-assisted programming and coding agents while critically reviewing, testing, and validating AI-generated code
• Own AI evaluation and quality engineering, including automated evaluations, test datasets, regression testing, failure analysis, and production monitoring
• Support AI security and production controls, including access control, prompt-injection risk mitigation, guardrails, and auditability
• Continuously learn and adopt new technologies as the AI ecosystem evolves

Requirements

• 7+ years of overall software engineering experience with demonstrated senior or lead autonomy
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or React (TypeScript)
• If primary background is not Python, strong desire and readiness to learn and master Python quickly
• Experience with FastAPI (strongly desired)
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform
• Frontend development experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and React (including Next.js or Node)
• Proficiency with AI-assisted software development tools and coding agents
• Experience with AI evaluation, automated testing, regression testing, failure analysis, and production monitoring
• Strong understanding of AI security, data privacy, guardrails, and safe handling of sensitive information
• Ability to optimize applications for quality, latency, reliability, and cost
• High autonomy, strong product judgment, and a low-formality, startup-ready attitude

Technologies

• Python
• React
• TypeScript
• FastAPI
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Next.js
• Node
• JavaScript

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off: 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure (accrual eligibility may change over time)
• Paid Holidays: nine (9) total per year
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Discretionary annual bonus program (if otherwise eligible)
• Discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program (if otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level)

Location: Remote (remote)

Compensation: USD 150,000 - 200,000 per yearly

Minimum Experience: 7 years