Chief AI Solution Engineer

EPAM Systems; Colombia; Presencial; COP 180.000.000 - 280.000.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare benefits

Employee financial programs

Paid time off and sick leave

Upskilling, reskilling and certs

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

EPAM Systems is seeking a Chief AI Solution Engineer to lead multi-stream AI initiatives, guiding architecture, delivery, and quality for LLM-based products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable, compliant AI outcomes while mentoring engineers across multiple projects.

The role requires hands-on development, strong Python skills, and deep expertise in prompt engineering, function calling, and agent architectures.

Formación

• 7+ years of AI/ML engineering experience with LLM-based applications.
• 5+ years of leadership experience guiding AI engineers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong project delivery skills across multiple concurrent AI initiatives.
• Expert LLM expertise including prompt engineering and function calling.
• Advanced Python skills for integrating, optimizing, and scaling AI workflows.
• Hands-on AI agents development skills using function calling and MCP.
• Solid Responsible AI and compliance knowledge including ethical AI best practices.
• Strong NLP and Conversational AI development background.
• Proven hallucination prevention skills to improve chatbot reliability.
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2).

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end delivery of LLM-based solutions across agentic and conversational use cases.
• Define technical direction for AI agents, agentic workflows, and Gen AI application development.
• Design robust agent architectures using function calling and MCP to meet product goals.
• Build and optimize Python services that integrate models, tools, and orchestration layers.
• Establish quality gates to reduce hallucinations and improve response accuracy and reliability.
• Drive Responsible AI and compliance practices across the solution lifecycle.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements, constraints, and success criteria.
• Mentor engineers and set engineering standards for Gen AI assisted development.
• Coordinate with data and analytics partners to support experimentation and measurement.
• Review system performance and iterate on prompts, tools, and workflows to improve outcomes.

Conocimientos

AI/ML engineering

Leadership

Project delivery

LLM expertise

Prompt engineering

NLP & Conversational AI

Responsible AI

English (B2)

Herramientas

Python

Function calling

MCP

Descripción del empleo

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential. We are seeking a Chief AI Solution Engineer to lead and elevate multi-stream AI initiatives across agentic and conversational solutions. You will guide architecture, delivery, and quality for LLM-based products while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Apply to help shape reliable, compliant AI outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of LLM-based solutions across agentic and conversational use cases
• Define technical direction for AI agents, agentic workflows, and Gen AI application development
• Design robust agent architectures using function calling and MCP to meet product goals
• Build and optimize Python services that integrate models, tools, and orchestration layers
• Establish quality gates to reduce hallucinations and improve response accuracy and reliability
• Drive Responsible AI and compliance practices across the solution lifecycle
• Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements, constraints, and success criteria
• Mentor engineers and set engineering standards for Gen AI assisted development
• Coordinate with data and analytics partners to support experimentation and measurement
• Review system performance and iterate on prompts, tools, and workflows to improve outcomes

Requirements

• 7+ years of AI/ML engineering experience with LLM-based applications
• 5+ years of leadership experience guiding AI engineers and cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong project delivery skills across multiple concurrent AI initiatives
• Expert LLM expertise including prompt engineering and function calling
• Advanced Python skills for integrating, optimizing, and scaling AI workflows
• Hands-on AI agents development skills using function calling and MCP
• Solid Responsible AI and compliance knowledge including ethical AI best practices
• Strong NLP and Conversational AI development background
• Proven hallucination prevention skills to improve chatbot reliability
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)

Nice to have

• AI architecture skills for scalable, maintainable LLM systems
• Chatbot and AI expertise including evaluation and testing strategy for conversational agents
• Context engineering skills to improve grounding, memory, and retrieval quality
• Responsible AI specialization including policy-aligned safety patterns and governance

We offer

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn

EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.