Lead Python AI Engineer for Next-Gen FinTech Platform

EPAM Systems; Argentina; On-site; ARS 3,000,000 - 4,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Employee financial programs

Paid time off and sick leave

Upskilling, reskilling and certif.

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a Chief Python Software Engineer to lead a senior team building a next-generation AI-powered financial assistant platform. You will iterate with business users to test, refine, and deploy chat, reporting, and bespoke interfaces into investment workflows.

Responsibilities include shaping product direction, delivering production-grade systems, and ensuring quality, security, and reliability of AI-enabled applications while adapting to a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Python, React (TS), or other programming languages.
• Desire and readiness to learn Python if not already proficient.
• Experience with FastAPI or other Python frameworks, along with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• High autonomy and self-governance in handling loosely defined tasks, from requirements gathering to design and delivery.
• Readiness to work in a startup environment and continuously learn new languages and technologies.
• High bar for quality and reliability in software delivery.
• Experience with FE work, including TS/JS, React/NextJS/Node.
• Proficiency in AI-assisted programming methods and tools, including coding agents for code generation.
• Experience with AI evaluation and quality engineering, including automated evaluations, test datasets, regression testing, and failure analysis.
• Understanding of AI security and production controls, including data privacy, access control, prompt-injection risks, guardrails, and auditability.
• Ability to optimize AI applications across quality, latency, reliability, and cost.
• Ability to learn and adopt new technologies rapidly as the AI ecosystem evolves.
• Advanced proficiency in English (C1+)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a small team of engineers in a startup-style environment.
• Work directly with technical stakeholders without needing to interface with non-technical clients.
• Gather low-level requirements from high-level task definitions.
• Produce system designs and deliver production-grade implementations with high autonomy.
• Shape and influence product direction and architecture decisions.
• Build and maintain systems using cutting-edge technology without legacy constraints.
• Adopt new languages and technologies as the stack evolves.
• Optimize AI applications across quality, latency, reliability, and cost.
• Review, test, and validate AI-generated code produced through coding agents.
• Monitor AI behavior in production and conduct failure analysis and regression testing.
• Maintain high quality, reliability, security, and maintainability across deliverables.

Skills

Python

React/TS

AI-assisted programming

English (C1+)

High autonomy

FE work (TS/JS)

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

EPAM Systems seeks a Chief Python Software Engineer to lead a senior team building a next-generation AI-powered financial assistant platform. You will iterate with business users to test, refine, and deploy chat, reporting, and bespoke interfaces into investment workflows.

Responsibilities include shaping product direction, delivering production-grade systems, and ensuring quality, security, and reliability of AI-enabled applications while adapting to a fast-paced startup environment.