Lead AI Engineer: Build Next-Gen AI Finance Platform

EPAM Systems; Canada; Remote; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Healthcare with Prescription

Dental and Vision

Healthcare Spending Account

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Telehealth

Short-term Disability

Long-Term Disability

RRSP with Company match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Maternity/Parental/Adoption Leave Top‑

Employee Discounts

LinkedIn learning access

Job summary

EPAM Canada is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience to join a high-caliber product team building an AI-powered financial assistant platform. You will architect and deliver end-to-end AI-enabled workflows, chat interfaces, and bespoke tools for global institutional clients and business users.

You will work in an autonomous startup-like environment, collaborating with a small elite team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of overall software engineering experience with senior/lead autonomy.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or React (TypeScript).
• Experience with FastAPI, AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Frontend knowledge with TypeScript/JavaScript, React, Next.js or Node is a plus.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted software development tools and coding agents.
• Experience with AI evaluation, automated testing, regression testing, failure analysis and production monitoring.
• Strong understanding of AI security, data privacy, guardrails, and safe handling of sensitive information.
• Ability to optimize applications for quality, latency, reliability, and cost.
• Mindset: High autonomy, strong product judgment, startup-ready attitude.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build next-generation AI-powered financial assistance workflows and bespoke chat/reporting interfaces.
• Take high-level problem definitions, gather low-level requirements, anticipate edge cases, produce system designs, and deliver production implementations independently.
• Integrate and optimize AI applications across quality, latency, reliability, and cost.
• Ensure high standards for software quality, reliability, security, maintainability, and data privacy.
• Navigate AI security and production controls, including access control, guardrails, and auditability.
• Rapidly learn and adopt new technologies as the AI ecosystem evolves.

Skills

Python

React (TypeScript)

FastAPI

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

TypeScript

JavaScript

AI tooling

AI evaluation

Tools

FastAPI

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Next.js

Node

React

TypeScript

Job description

EPAM Canada is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience to join a high-caliber product team building an AI-powered financial assistant platform. You will architect and deliver end-to-end AI-enabled workflows, chat interfaces, and bespoke tools for global institutional clients and business users.

You will work in an autonomous startup-like environment, collaborating with a small elite team.