Chief Python Engineer

EPAM Systems; Colombia; Remote; COP 180,000,000 - 300,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Upskilling courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Chief Python Engineer to architect and deliver an AI-powered financial assistant platform. You will lead a small, autonomous team to design end-to-end Python services, APIs, and security measures while shaping architecture, quality, and delivery in a fast-paced environment.

You will partner with business users to validate solutions and drive engineering standards for reliability, observability, and maintainability across global projects.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Python experience delivering production systems.

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.

Skills

Python

Leadership

System design

FastAPI

AI evaluation

Security

Autonomy

English proficiency

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

ReactJS

Anthropic Claude

Job description

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.ResponsibilitiesDesign end-to-end architectures for an AI-powered financial assistant platformBuild production-grade Python services and APIs using FastAPIDefine evaluation strategies and test datasets to measure model quality and regressionsImplement monitoring and failure analysis to detect and triage AI issues in productionEstablish security controls for sensitive data, access, and prompt-injection risksOptimize systems for quality, latency, reliability, and cost tradeoffsPartner with business users to gather requirements and validate solutions through rapid iterationReview, test, and validate AI-generated code from coding agents and assisted workflowsDrive engineering standards for reliability, maintainability, and code qualityCoordinate delivery in a low-formality environment with minimal process overheadRequirements7+ years of Python experience delivering production systemsSenior leadership experience driving technical direction and mentoring engineersStrong system design skills for scalable, secure servicesDeep FastAPI experience or strong proficiency with equivalent Python frameworksExpert AI evaluation and quality engineering skills including automated evals and regression testingAdvanced AI security knowledge including privacy, access control, and prompt-injection mitigationsHigh autonomy and self-governance skills with loosely defined problem spacesStrong product judgment and edge-case thinking in fast-moving environmentsHigh quality standards for reliability, maintainability, and observabilityAdvanced English proficiency (C1, Advanced)Nice to haveAmazon Web ServicesKubernetesTerraformReactJSAnthropic Claude CodeWe offerInternational projects with top brandsWork with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peersHealthcare benefitsEmployee financial programsPaid time off and sick leaveUpskilling, reskilling and certification coursesUnlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ coursesGlobal career opportunitiesVolunteer and community involvement opportunitiesEPAM Employee GroupsAward-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedInEPAM 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.