Lead Full-Stack Engineer - Python Data & Analytics

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Turkey; On-site; TRY 5,885,000 - 8,828,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous upskilling

Mentoring programs

Private health insurance

Extra leave days

Referral bonuses

Learning platforms access

Home IT equipment

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Lead Full-Stack Engineer (Python Data) to build scalable, data-centric products for global consulting. You will lead software engineering, data platforms and AI-assisted delivery, shaping analytics, reporting and enterprise decision-making.

You will design cloud-native Azure solutions, implement CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate across engineering, data, and business teams to deliver outcomes across domains.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Python experience (FastAPI, data processing, backend services).
• Hands-on with Pandas, Polars, DuckDB and Excel processing workflows.
• Solid data modeling knowledge (star schema, medallion).
• Experience building distributed systems and robust APIs.
• Practical Azure experience (compute, storage, messaging).
• CI/CD and DevOps practices in production teams.
• English proficiency at B2 (Upper-Intermediate) level or higher.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver Python services and data pipelines using FastAPI and background jobs.
• Build and tune data processing components with Pandas, Polars, DuckDB and openpyxl.
• Develop end-to-end ETL/ELT workflows and connect to analytics platforms.
• Work with orchestration tools such as Airflow, dbt and Streamlit.
• Define scalable data architectures using data lakes, medallion architecture and star schema.
• Contribute to Azure cloud-native implementations using Container Apps, Storage, Service Bus and SignalR.
• Implement and operate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Apply IaC with Bicep, Terraform and CDK to automate environments.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tooling like GitHub Copilot and Claude in spec-driven workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering, data and business teams to deliver outcomes across domains.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

Data processing

Backend services

Pandas

Polars

DuckDB

Excel processing

Distributed systems

APIs

Azure

CI/CD

Tools

Airflow

dbt

Streamlit

Terraform

Bicep

CDK

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Lead Full-Stack Engineer (Python Data) to build scalable, data-centric products for global consulting. You will lead software engineering, data platforms and AI-assisted delivery, shaping analytics, reporting and enterprise decision-making.

You will design cloud-native Azure solutions, implement CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate across engineering, data, and business teams to deliver outcomes across domains.