Lead Backend Architect: Python, Azure MaaS Platform

EPAM Systems; Turkey; On-site; TRY 5,926,000 - 8,889,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Learning & development programs

English language courses

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Python Technical Lead in Turkey to shape a Modeling-as-a-Service platform for financial models. You will lead distributed backend services in a restricted Azure environment and guide a team through architecture, API design, and deployment patterns.

You will drive CI/CD with GitLab, Implement FastAPI and Pydantic-based services, and use Azure Databricks for model hosting and lifecycle management. Strong communication and Agile delivery are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software or data engineering experience.
• 2+ years of technical leadership experience leading engineering teams.
• Strong Python expertise including async programming, multithreading, exception handling, and REST API development.
• Hands-on FastAPI and Pydantic experience building production services.
• Strong Microsoft Azure experience with Azure Databricks, Azure App Service, and IAM/RBAC.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, development, and deployment of backend platform capabilities in a restricted greenfield Azure environment.
• Design and implement REST APIs to deploy and query deterministic and predictive financial models.
• Build backend services using Python with FastAPI and Pydantic to support model packaging and execution.
• Define standards and guidelines for model packaging, MLflow integration, deployment patterns, and API design.
• Leverage Azure Databricks and MLflow to enable model hosting, lifecycle management, and deployment workflows.
• Drive CI/CD automation using GitLab and embed DevOps practices across the development lifecycle.
• Establish best practices for code quality, testing strategy, observability, and maintainability.
• Lead and mentor a team of 5+ engineers and support collaborative technical decision-making.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into scalable solutions.

Skills

Python

Async programming

Multithreading

REST API development

System design

Tools

FastAPI

Pydantic

Azure Databricks

Azure App Service

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Python Technical Lead in Turkey to shape a Modeling-as-a-Service platform for financial models. You will lead distributed backend services in a restricted Azure environment and guide a team through architecture, API design, and deployment patterns.

You will drive CI/CD with GitLab, Implement FastAPI and Pydantic-based services, and use Azure Databricks for model hosting and lifecycle management. Strong communication and Agile delivery are essential.