Lead AI-Agentic Solutions Engineer

EPAM Systems; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Lead to architect and deliver AI-native software teams. You will own the delivery process, guide problem framing, and collaborate directly with client stakeholders to ensure high-quality results in agentic development projects.

You will set up agent repos, design SDLC stages, and establish guardrails for safe AI usage while mentoring engineers and contributing to PoCs and presales. Extensive Java/.NET/Python experience is required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering with hands-on Java, .NET or Python
• 6+ months of daily, hands-on use of AI coding agents on real projects
• Strong design and debugging skills and experience with agentic development

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of a small AI-native team from framing to production
• Define the team's agentic SDLC and set up repos for agents
• Define how AI-generated code is checked with TDD, test automation, and CI/CD quality gates
• Set safe-use rules for agents including permissions, secrets, data handling
• Measure and optimize AI cost and delivery impact (tokens, model choice, cycle time)
• Own the solution architecture and mentor engineers; contribute to PoCs and presales

Skills

Java

.NET

Python

Code debugging

AI coding agents

Tools

GitHub Copilot agent mode

CLI

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Lead to architect and deliver AI-native software teams. You will own the delivery process, guide problem framing, and collaborate directly with client stakeholders to ensure high-quality results in agentic development projects.

You will set up agent repos, design SDLC stages, and establish guardrails for safe AI usage while mentoring engineers and contributing to PoCs and presales. Extensive Java/.NET/Python experience is required.