Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Application Integration)

EPAM Systems; Switzerland; Hybrid; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Application Integration) in Lausanne, Switzerland, offering a hybrid work model. You will assess the MuleSoft landscape, define a target approach with architects, and prototype to validate-and-scale patterns across the portfolio.

You will lead engineering and architecture decisions, collaborate with client stakeholders, and drive cost-aware, secure integration solutions using MuleSoft and AWS services. Fluency in English is required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience, including 3+ years in integration engineering and 2+ years in forward-deployed or solutions-engineering roles.
• Hands-on MuleSoft experience (flows, APIs, DataWeave).
• Strong AWS experience: Lambda, API Gateway, Glue and event/messaging services.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Solid understanding of API and integration architecture.
• Confident, client-facing communication and ability to work with architects and business stakeholders as an equal.
• English proficiency at CEFR B2 level.
• Nice to have: AI-assisted/agentic development tools, Anthropic Claude or AWS Bedrock, Step Functions/EventBridge, Terraform/IaC.

Responsibilities

• Dive into existing MuleSoft APIs, flows and DataWeave transformations and determine what each needs to do.
• Shape the future integration landscape with architects and stakeholders, defining criteria for MuleSoft use vs cloud-native stack.
• Choose the right AWS service per use case (Glue, Lambda, API Gateway, EKS, messaging).
• Translate transformation logic into clean, maintainable AWS-native implementations where it makes sense.
• Build prototypes quickly using AI-assisted tools and iterate in short feedback loops with the client.
• Apply and promote best practices for integration architecture: security, observability, resilience, IaC and cost awareness.
• Make clear, well-argued calls on feasibility, architecture and cost efficiency and explain trade-offs clearly.
• Turn validated solutions into reusable patterns and hand them over to the delivery team.

Skills

MuleSoft

AWS

API Integration

Docker

Kubernetes (EKS)

Tools

MuleSoft Platform

AWS Services

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform/IaC

Job description

We’re looking for a Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Application Integration) to join our team in Lausanne, Switzerland in a hybrid working mode. Application integration for our client is at a turning point. MuleSoft has been the foundation for years, and now we’re shaping the next-generation landscape-continuing to use MuleSoft where it adds value and adopting AWS-native services where they are more scalable and cost-efficient. You’ll join an international delivery team, working closely with the client’s solution architects, integration stakeholders and our lead in a collaborative, early-decision environment where your voice matters. As a Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Application Integration), you will sit at the intersection of engineering, architecture and business: assessing the current MuleSoft landscape, defining the target approach with architects, validating it through fast prototypes and helping scale proven patterns across the wider integration portfolio as a trusted technical partner.

Responsibilities

• Dive into existing MuleSoft APIs, flows and DataWeave transformations and work out what each one really needs to do
• Shape the future integration landscape with architects and stakeholders, and define clear criteria for what stays on MuleSoft and what moves to the cloud-native stack
• Choose the right AWS service per use case (AWS Glue, AWS Lambda, containers on EKS/Kubernetes, API Gateway, messaging and eventing services)
• Translate transformation logic into clean, maintainable AWS-native implementations where it makes sense
• Build prototypes quickly, using AI-assisted and agentic development tools and iterate in short feedback loops with the client
• Apply and promote best practices for integration architecture: security, observability, resilience, infrastructure as code and cost awareness
• Make clear, well-argued calls on feasibility, architecture and cost efficiency and explain the trade-offs in plain language
• Turn validated solutions into reusable patterns and hand them over to the delivery team
• Be the senior escalation point and "first responder" for integration questions on the client side

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience, including 3+ years in integration engineering and 2+ years in forward-deployed or solutions-engineering roles
• Hands-on MuleSoft experience (flows, APIs, DataWeave)
• Strong AWS experience: Lambda, Glue, API Gateway and event/messaging services
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
• Solid understanding of API and integration architecture
• Confident, client-facing communication and the ability to work with architects and business stakeholders as an equal
• English proficiency at CEFR B2 level
• Nice to have: Experience with AI-assisted/agentic development tools, Anthropic Claude or AWS Bedrock, Step Functions/EventBridge, Terraform/IaC