Chief Python Engineer

EPAM Systems; Colombia; On-site; COP 30,000,000 - 55,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off and sick leave

Upskilling and certification courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Chief Python Engineer to design and deliver an AI-powered financial assistant platform. You will lead a small, autonomous team, shape architecture, and ensure high code quality, security, and performance across production-grade Python services and APIs.

The role emphasizes strong system design, AI evaluation expertise, and advanced English proficiency in a fast-moving, low-formality environment. Join a multinational, collaborative team delivering cutting-edge solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Python experience delivering production systems.
• Senior leadership experience driving technical direction and mentoring engineers.
• Strong system design skills for scalable, secure services.
• Deep FastAPI experience or strong proficiency with equivalent Python frameworks.
• Expert AI evaluation and quality engineering skills including automated evals and regression testing.
• Advanced AI security knowledge including privacy, access control, and prompt-injection mitigations.
• High autonomy and self-governance skills with loosely defined problem spaces.
• Strong product judgment and edge-case thinking in fast-moving environments.
• High quality standards for reliability, maintainability, and observability.
• Advanced English proficiency (C1, Advanced)

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end architectures for an AI-powered financial assistant platform.
• Build production-grade Python services and APIs using FastAPI.
• Define evaluation strategies and test datasets to measure model quality and regressions.
• Implement monitoring and failure analysis to detect and triage AI issues in production.
• Establish security controls for sensitive data, access, and prompt-injection risks.
• Optimize systems for quality, latency, reliability, and cost tradeoffs.
• Partner with business users to gather requirements and validate solutions through rapid iteration.
• Review, test, and validate AI-generated code from coding agents and assisted workflows.
• Drive engineering standards for reliability, maintainability, and code quality.
• Coordinate delivery in a low-formality environment with minimal process overhead.

Skills

Python

System design

FastAPI

AI evaluation

AI security

Leadership

English

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

ReactJS

Anthropic Claude Code

Job description

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 looking for a Chief Python Engineer to build a next-generation AI-powered financial assistant platform and need a highly autonomous senior engineer to shape architecture, quality, and delivery. You will work in a small, high-competence team to rapidly iterate on chat, reporting, and bespoke interfaces for client workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end architectures for an AI-powered financial assistant platform
• Build production-grade Python services and APIs using FastAPI
• Define evaluation strategies and test datasets to measure model quality and regressions
• Implement monitoring and failure analysis to detect and triage AI issues in production
• Establish security controls for sensitive data, access, and prompt-injection risks
• Optimize systems for quality, latency, reliability, and cost tradeoffs
• Partner with business users to gather requirements and validate solutions through rapid iteration
• Review, test, and validate AI-generated code from coding agents and assisted workflows
• Drive engineering standards for reliability, maintainability, and code quality
• Coordinate delivery in a low-formality environment with minimal process overhead

Requirements

• 7+ years of Python experience delivering production systems
• Senior leadership experience driving technical direction and mentoring engineers
• Strong system design skills for scalable, secure services
• Deep FastAPI experience or strong proficiency with equivalent Python frameworks
• Expert AI evaluation and quality engineering skills including automated evals and regression testing
• Advanced AI security knowledge including privacy, access control, and prompt-injection mitigations
• High autonomy and self-governance skills with loosely defined problem spaces
• Strong product judgment and edge-case thinking in fast-moving environments
• High quality standards for reliability, maintainability, and observability
• Advanced English proficiency (C1, Advanced)

Nice to have

• Amazon Web Services
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• ReactJS
• Anthropic Claude Code

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.