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Lead AI Engineer

EPAM Systems


Job Location:

Doha - Qatar

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 9 September 2026 (2 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 7 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Were looking for a Lead AI Engineer to join our team in Doha Qatar in an onsite working mode.

In this role you will lead the design and implementation of AI-driven strategies architectures and operating models enabling engineering teams to transition to spec-driven and agentic AI delivery methods. This is a critical position to influence and drive AI-assisted development ensuring scalable implementations governance and measurable business outcomes. Your expertise will shape AI adoption across the organization balancing innovation with compliance security and operational integrity.

Responsibilities
  • Architect and deploy token-efficient AI search and retrieval systems optimized for cost relevance and performance
  • Advise on AI adoption strategies including when to apply RAG agents copilots or traditional engineering approaches
  • Define and implement spec-driven development practices with governance and reusable standards
  • Design KPIs to measure productivity gains quality improvements and AI adoption maturity
  • Build end-to-end AI pipelines including embeddings vector stores retrieval layers LLM integrations and streaming inference
  • Develop operational strategies for agentic systems including rollout governance versioning and observability
  • Partner with product owners and engineering leads to define AI adoption roadmaps and enable workforce capability uplift
  • Drive training playbooks and mentorship to accelerate workforce readiness in AI-enabled engineering workflows
  • Implement responsible AI practices ensuring compliance with security safety and ethical guidelines
Requirements
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or related field
  • 4 years of experience building production AI systems or 2 years in production-level LLM/RAG solutions
  • Proven track record leading AI transformations strategy design and adoption initiatives
  • Deep expertise in RAG architectures: embeddings vector DBs retrieval strategies
  • Strong proficiency with Python familiarity with Java and API protocols (REST/gRPC)
  • Experience with agent frameworks and implementing agentic workflows in enterprise software delivery
  • Practical knowledge of Kubernetes cloud services CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
  • Hands-on experience in integrating LLM providers and self-hosted models into scalable architectures
  • Knowledge of AI observability testing frameworks model versioning and prompt governance

Required Experience:

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