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SeniorLead AI Engineer (Python)

EPAM Systems


Job Location:

Lviv - Ukraine

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

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and innovative Senior/Lead AI Engineer to spearhead the development deployment and optimization of cutting-edge AI solutions tailored to client-specific needs. This role emphasizes leadership technical excellence and collaboration to deliver impactful scalable AI applications and workflows.

Responsibilities
  • Design implement and maintain end-to-end AI applications including chatbots Q&A platforms and agent workflows
  • Collaborate directly with clients to understand their needs identify opportunities and recommend LLM-driven solutions
  • Develop and manage robust data pipelines prompt strategies and datasets to ensure effective and accurate AI models (Will be )
  • Evaluate and refine AI system performance ensuring outputs are accurate secure scalable and compliant with industry regulations (Will be )
  • Conduct research and rapid prototyping to validate technical feasibility and demonstrate business value of AI solutions
  • Stay current with evolving LLM technologies frameworks and methodologies to continuously improve solutions and client outcomes
Requirements
  • Strong proficiency in Python experience with web frameworks like FastAPI or similar
  • Understanding of the AI application development lifecycle
  • Experience with rapid UI prototyping using Streamlit Gradio or similar frameworks
  • Familiarity with major LLM platforms and APIs (OpenAI Anthropic Amazon Bedrock Gemini) and related frameworks (LangGraph LlamaIndex Strands Agents etc.)
  • Knowledge of advanced AI integration patterns (e.g. RAG Agents)
  • Experience deploying AI solutions at scale with considerations for performance cost-efficiency and maintainability
  • Proven ability to evaluate generative AI quality using metrics such as retrieval and classification scores as well as LLM-based evaluation methods
  • Proven experience in AI engineering and delivering ML-based solutions
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent communication collaboration and interpersonal skills
Nice to have
  • Experience designing experiments conducting A/B tests and iterating on models based on user feedback
  • Understanding of retrieval systems (keyword search vector search embeddings) and ranking algorithms
  • Familiarity with emerging protocols such as MCP A2A ACP etc.
  • Experience deploying to cloud AI platforms (Azure OpenAI Amazon Bedrock GCP Vertex AI) or on-premise solutions (e.g. vLLM)
  • Experience with enterprise AI platforms such as AWS AgentCore or Databricks AgentBricks or Google Agents Space or Azure AI Foundry
  • Experience with observability and monitoring tools and frameworks

Required Experience:

Senior IC