Lead Application Architect - Energy Markets & Origination

EPAM Systems; Switzerland; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeks a Lead Application Engineer for the Commercial & Origination portfolio to join on-site. You will shape the architecture of customer-facing sales, origination and contract pricing apps, built on custom code and SaaS solutions across multiple countries.

You will align technical direction with commercial goals, work with agile teams in Switzerland, Spain and India, and provide senior technical leadership during releases and market deadlines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in application engineering or solution architecture.
• Strong background in energy markets and trading applications.
• Experience guiding Build/Run activities, acting as a technical reference for the team.
• Expertise in solution, application and integration architecture.
• Hands-on experience with full-stack JavaScript or Python and AWS.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior technical reference for the commercial and origination application portfolio.
• Define and govern application architecture and technology choices in line with client design principles.
• Support Build and Run teams in managing priorities and quality.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior client stakeholders across IT and commercial leadership.
• Ensure technical governance through design reviews, standards adherence and technical debt management.
• Support business cases for portfolio investments with effort, risk and option analysis.
• Manage escalations for high-impact incidents and delivery risks within the portfolio.

Skills

Lead/architect experience

Energy markets knowledge

Stakeholder management

Technical governance

Full-stack JS / Python

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS

Web services

JavaScript (Full-stack)

Python

SaaS integration

Job description

EPAM Systems in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeks a Lead Application Engineer for the Commercial & Origination portfolio to join on-site. You will shape the architecture of customer-facing sales, origination and contract pricing apps, built on custom code and SaaS solutions across multiple countries.

You will align technical direction with commercial goals, work with agile teams in Switzerland, Spain and India, and provide senior technical leadership during releases and market deadlines.