Director of AI & HPC Data Centre Compute Strategy

EPAM Systems; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Life Insurance

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Care

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Cycle Schemes

Job summary

EPAM Systems in London is seeking a Director to lead the AI and HPC data centre compute strategy. You will guide engagements across accelerators, networking, schedulers, containers and AI platforms, driving scalable solutions in a hybrid work model.

You will partner with clients to optimise compute, address cost and power constraints, and shape EPAM’s platform offerings through software engineering, system integration and partnerships.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in HPC, AI infrastructure, accelerated computing or distributed systems architecture.
• Deep knowledge of GPU architectures, AI workloads, networking and large-scale cluster operations.
• Hands-on expertise with Slurm, Kubernetes and performance optimisation across multi-node environments.
• Proven ability to advise senior stakeholders and influence technical strategy at C-level.
• Demonstrated experience in pre-sales solutioning and shaping complex technology engagements.

Responsibilities

• Advise hyperscalers, neoclouds and enterprises on compute strategies for AI and HPC, including power, cooling and network design.
• Optimise AI training and inference workloads (LLMs, multimodal and scientific AI) across distributed clusters for cost, throughput and latency targets.
• Lead HPC cluster design and orchestration using Slurm, Kubernetes and parallel processing models (MPI).
• Enhance GPU utilisation by addressing bottlenecks across compute, memory and data pipelines; collaborate with energy teams on power-aware scheduling.
• Architect scalable AI platforms integrating MLOps frameworks, automation tools and reusable assets.
• Develop repeatable AI/HPC offerings, contribute to solution roadmaps and establish strategic partnerships with major ecosystem players.
• Track industry trends in AI factories, GPU economics and liquid cooling technologies, representing EPAM at industry events and thought leadership forums.

Tools

Slurm

Kubernetes

MPI

Job description

EPAM Systems in London is seeking a Director to lead the AI and HPC data centre compute strategy. You will guide engagements across accelerators, networking, schedulers, containers and AI platforms, driving scalable solutions in a hybrid work model.

You will partner with clients to optimise compute, address cost and power constraints, and shape EPAM’s platform offerings through software engineering, system integration and partnerships.