Lead Frontend AI Engineer (GenAI UI & Systems)

EPAM Systems, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Employee Discounts

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Applied AI (Frontend Leading) to design GenAI-powered interfaces and orchestration layers for enterprise workflows.

You will build responsive UIs with React/TypeScript or Vue, create reusable frontend libraries, and implement streaming, low-latency integrations with AI providers. This role focuses on security, accessibility, and scalable UX patterns across teams.

Qualifications

• Frontend mastery and enterprise React/TypeScript/Vue experience.
• Software engineering across full web stack (frontend UIs, REST APIs, microservices).
• 2+ years integrating GenAI features, LLM APIs, prompt UI patterns.
• Backend Python and cloud services experience with 2+ years on AWS, Docker, REST APIs.
• Experience building reusable component libraries, design systems, and hooks.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end-to-end GenAI-powered applications, emphasizing intuitive web-based UIs and performant client-side API integrations
• Develop responsive, accessible frontend interfaces using React, TypeScript, or Vue, engineered for streaming responses and low latency
• Build and maintain a library of reusable frontend components, hooks, and design systems for enterprise GenAI applications
• Implement LLM-based experiences using frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex with leading model providers (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, etc.)
• Collaborate closely with designers and product managers to iterate rapidly on novel AI UX patterns (chat assistants, prompt builders, feedback loops)
• Ensure top-tier security, accessibility (a11y), observability, and test coverage across client-side and full-stack implementations

Skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

React

TypeScript

Vue

LangChain

LlamaIndex

AWS

Docker

REST APIs

OpenAI

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Applied AI (Frontend Leading) to design GenAI-powered interfaces and orchestration layers for enterprise workflows.

You will build responsive UIs with React/TypeScript or Vue, create reusable frontend libraries, and implement streaming, low-latency integrations with AI providers. This role focuses on security, accessibility, and scalable UX patterns across teams.