Chief AI Platform Engineer

EPAM Systems; Colombia; On-site; COP 240,000,000 - 360,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off and sick leave

Upskilling, reskilling and certifi­ c­

Global career opportunities

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Chief Software Engineer to lead the development of an AI-powered financial assistant platform. You will guide the hands-on engineering across design and delivery in a small, high-autonomy team.

You will build backend services in Python (FastAPI), integrate LLM capabilities, and ensure scalable, secure, and observable systems deployed on cloud infrastructure with Kubernetes. Strong leadership and English (C1) are required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with advanced Python development.
• 7+ years shipping backend services using modern frameworks (FastAPI preferred).
• Senior leadership to drive technical decisions, set quality bars, and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of an AI-powered assistant platform from concept to production.
• Design scalable service architectures with reliability, security, and performance in mind.
• Build backend APIs and services in Python to support chat and reporting workflows.
• Integrate LLM capabilities and AI-assisted development methods to accelerate delivery.
• Translate goals into requirements, edge cases, and implementation plans.
• Collaborate with business users to test, refine, and ship iterative product improvements.
• Implement automated testing, observability, and incident-ready practices.
• Deploy and operate services using cloud infrastructure and container orchestration.
• Review code and enforce engineering standards; mentor engineers and foster accountability.

Skills

Python development

Backend services

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Terraform

FastAPI

LLM / Gen AI workflows

Leadership

Code review

Mentorship

Tools

FastAPI

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Python

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Chief Software Engineer to lead the development of an AI-powered financial assistant platform. You will guide the hands-on engineering across design and delivery in a small, high-autonomy team.

You will build backend services in Python (FastAPI), integrate LLM capabilities, and ensure scalable, secure, and observable systems deployed on cloud infrastructure with Kubernetes. Strong leadership and English (C1) are required.