Lead Data & AI Engineer: Architect Data Pipelines

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Australia; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Data & AI Engineer to design and deliver data platforms and AI-enabled applications across diverse client engagements.

You will lead hands-on data engineering, guide technical directions, and work across cloud platforms to build reliable data pipelines, governance, and scalable AI solutions. Strong Python/SQL, Spark, and leadership experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on data engineering with leadership on delivered projects.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with experience in Spark or similar frameworks.
• Experience designing data pipelines and modern lakehouse/warehouse architectures.
• Practical cloud experience on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable data pipelines, platforms, and data products.
• Build batch and streaming ingestion, transformation, and delivery solutions.
• Apply testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and infrastructure automation practices.

Skills

Python

SQL

Apache Spark

Cloud platforms

Data governance

AI development tools

Leadership

CI/CD

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Terraform

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Data & AI Engineer to design and deliver data platforms and AI-enabled applications across diverse client engagements.

You will lead hands-on data engineering, guide technical directions, and work across cloud platforms to build reliable data pipelines, governance, and scalable AI solutions. Strong Python/SQL, Spark, and leadership experience are essential.