Lead Software Engineer Java with Anthropic Claude

Epam Systems; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Epam Systems in Chennai seeks a senior transformation leader to drive enterprise-wide agentic initiatives, align strategy, and define KPIs for agentic workflows. You will guide cross-functional teams, oversee design thinking, and lead adoption campaigns.

The role requires deep software engineering experience, Java proficiency, and hands-on work with microservices and REST APIs, AI frameworks and LLMs, plus strong executive presence and stakeholder influence to realize value at scale.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of software engineering experience.
• 8+ years in transformation leadership or enterprise consulting.
• Proficiency in Java and understanding of AI frameworks.
• Hands-on expertise in Microservices and REST APIs.
• Background in AI frameworks, LLMs and intelligent automation.
• Skills in problem-solving and team leading.
• Competency in change management and stakeholder influence.
• Strong executive presence.

Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise-wide agentic transformation initiatives across departments.
• Lead strategic alignment and readiness assessments across the organization.
• Define KPIs and business objectives for agentic workflows.
• Oversee process redesign using design thinking and agentic capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive agentic workflow adoption.
• Lead change management and adoption campaigns.
• Quantify and scale value realization across the enterprise.
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams and solve complex problems.
• Contribute hands‑on to the design and development of microservices and REST APIs.

Skills

Java

AI frameworks

Microservices

REST API

LLMs

Intelligent automation

Problem solving

Team leadership

Change management

Stakeholder influence

Executive presence

Tools

Angular

React

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Drive enterprise-wide agentic transformation initiatives across departments
• Lead strategic alignment and readiness assessments across the organization
• Define KPIs and business objectives for agentic workflows
• Oversee process redesign using design thinking and agentic capabilities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive agentic workflow adoption
• Lead change management and adoption campaigns
• Quantify and scale value realization across the enterprise
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams and solve complex problems
• Contribute hands‑on to the design and development of microservices and REST APIs

Preferred candidate profile

• 8-12 years of experience in software engineering
• 8+ years in transformation leadership or enterprise consulting
• Proficiency in Java and understanding of AI frameworks
• Hands‑on expertise in Microservices and REST API
• Background in AI Frameworks, LLMs and intelligent automation
• Skills in problem-solving and team leading
• Competency in change management and stakeholder influence
• Strong executive presence

Nice to have

• Familiarity with full-stack development using Angular or React
• Understanding of front-end perspective alongside back-end engineering.