GenAI Platform Engineer & LLM Lead

EPAM Systems; Colombia; On-site; COP 120,000,000 - 190,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Upskilling courses

Global career opportunities

LinkedIn Learning

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to advance large language model integrations, build scalable full-stack applications, and lead engineering teams across projects in a multinational environment.

You will design and implement endpoints, orchestrate tool usage, and ensure secure, scalable backend and frontend systems, while collaborating with product and design teams to drive product success.

Qualifications

• At least five years of hands-on, applicable professional background.
• Minimum one year leading or managing engineering teams.
• Direct experience developing applications built on LLM providers (Claude, OpenAI) or comparable platforms.
• Applied experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP), covering tool schema design and MCP servers.

Responsibilities

• Engage across the entire feature development cycle, from ideation through launch and maintenance.
• Convert business needs into structured technical implementations.
• Develop intuitive, responsive interfaces for users.
• Create and maintain backend services driving essential capabilities.
• Coordinate with designers, product owners, and engineers to influence product direction.
• Identify and fix issues impacting speed, reliability, and usability.
• Contribute to code reviews to uphold quality standards.
• Record decisions, processes, and system behavior for knowledge transfer.
• Provide estimates for task scope and timelines.
• Track emerging tools and methods, suggesting improvements.

Skills

Leadership

LLM integration

Full-stack React/TypeScript

Python/FastAPI

Node.js

API integration

English (B2+)

System design

Tools

Claude

OpenAI

MCP servers

Streaming APIs

Tool calling

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to advance large language model integrations, build scalable full-stack applications, and lead engineering teams across projects in a multinational environment.

You will design and implement endpoints, orchestrate tool usage, and ensure secure, scalable backend and frontend systems, while collaborating with product and design teams to drive product success.