Lead Python Data Engineer: AI-Driven Data Platforms

EPAM Systems; Turkey; On-site; TRY 5,744,000 - 8,617,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continual upskilling

Private health insurance

Mentoring programs and leadership dev

Access to 2,500+ internal courses

English courses offered

USD compensation

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Full-Stack Engineer (Python Data) to build scalable, data-centric products supporting global consulting and advisory services. You will lead work across software engineering, data platforms and AI-assisted delivery, shaping systems for analytics, reporting and enterprise decision-making.

Help us design cloud-native Azure solutions and robust pipelines The role requires crafting distributed Python services, data pipelines, and end-to-end ETL/ELT workflows, while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Python data experience.
• Experience with Pandas, Polars, DuckDB, and Excel processing workflows.
• Knowledge of ETL/ELT patterns and data modeling (star schema).
• Azure ecosystem exposure and CI/CD in production.
• Ability to design scalable APIs and distributed systems.
• English proficiency at B2 or higher.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver Python services and data pipelines with FastAPI.
• Build data processing and reporting components using Pandas/Polars/DuckDB.
• Develop end-to-end ETL/ELT workflows tied to analytics platforms.
• Work with Airflow, dbt and Streamlit for orchestration.
• Define scalable architectures using data lakes and medallion/star schemas.
• Contribute to Azure cloud-native implementations and CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate environments with IaC (Bicep, Terraform, CDK).
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools in workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering, data and business teams to deliver outcomes.

Skills

Python data

API design

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Azure cloud

CI/CD practices

English proficiency

Tools

FastAPI

Pandas

Polars

DuckDB

Excel processing

Airflow

dbt

Streamlit

Azure

GitHub Actions

Bicep

Terraform

CDK

Snowflake

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Full-Stack Engineer (Python Data) to build scalable, data-centric products supporting global consulting and advisory services. You will lead work across software engineering, data platforms and AI-assisted delivery, shaping systems for analytics, reporting and enterprise decision-making.

Help us design cloud-native Azure solutions and robust pipelines The role requires crafting distributed Python services, data pipelines, and end-to-end ETL/ELT workflows, while