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AI Engineer (SeniorLead)

EPAM Systems


Job Location:

Lviv - Ukraine

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 9 September 2026 (8 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 7 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior/Lead AI Engineer to design build and operationalize production-grade AI agents multi-agent workflows and AI/ML solutions using Python Azure AI Foundry Semantic Kernel / Microsoft Agent Framework LangGraph LangChain AutoGen and Strands SDK. You will work alongside architects and data teams to take solutions from prototype to scalable reliable production.

Responsibilities
  • Design build and maintain production-grade AI agents and multi-agent workflows for enterprise use cases
  • Integrate and operationalize AI/ML models and agent workflows into scalable production systems
  • Implement orchestration using Semantic Kernel / Microsoft Agent Framework LangGraph LangChain AutoGen and/or Strands SDK
  • Implement RAG grounding and prompt optimization to improve response quality and reduce hallucinations
  • Integrate agents with internal and external systems via APIs and connectors
  • Design and implement error handling fallback flows and escalation paths
  • Perform testing and evaluation of agents and automation workflows
  • Collaborate with architects and data teams to translate requirements into deployable AI solutions
  • Support deployment CI/CD and release management (Azure DevOps)
  • Monitor and continuously improve agent performance reliability and cost efficiency
Requirements
  • 5 years of experience in strong Python development for AI/agent solutions with solid general scripting ability
  • Hands-on experience building agents and multi-agent workflows with one or more orchestration frameworks: Semantic Kernel / Microsoft Agent Framework LangGraph LangChain AutoGen Strands SDK
  • Expertise in Azure AI Foundry for building deploying and operating agents at scale (hosted agents agent service memory evaluation)
  • Understanding of LLM concepts: prompt engineering RAG grounding tool/function calling hallucination mitigation and evaluation
  • Skills in API integration (REST APIs JSON authentication via OAuth2 / API keys)
  • Experience designing agent behavior: state and memory management tool use error handling fallback and escalation paths
  • Comfort collaborating with architects and data engineering teams to deliver scalable production-grade solutions
  • English proficiency at B2 level or higher
Nice to have
  • Experience with Azure AI Services and the broader Azure stack (Blob Storage Container Services)
  • Multi-cloud agent deployment experience (e.g. AWS Bedrock via Strands SDK)
  • Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for tool/connector integration
  • Expertise in LLMOps / MLOps: monitoring evals and cost/latency optimization for AI Agents
  • Experience with vector databases retrieval infrastructure for RAG Docker and Microsoft Graph API integration as well as delivering in enterprise or regulated/validated environments (e.g. GxP) including governance and observability tooling

Required Experience:

Senior IC