Senior AI-First Software Engineer—Build with AI Agents

EPAM Systems; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking Senior Software Engineers to join small AI-native teams that use AI coding agents as the default approach to building software, including web apps, APIs, data pipelines, and modernization projects.

You will work on engineering with AI agents, shaping technical decisions, ensuring production-quality delivery, and partnering directly with client stakeholders to drive outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver software solutions using AI coding agents across the entire development lifecycle.
• Apply agentic SDLC practices including spec-driven development, agent configuration, parallel and background agent execution, code review, and quality gates.
• Configure and optimize repositories for AI coding agents using repository instructions, prompt files, skills, custom agents, subagents, and MCP servers.
• Design and implement software architecture, ensuring scalable, maintainable, secure AI-assisted solutions.
• Ensure quality of AI-generated code through TDD, automated testing, code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify and mitigate AI agent security risks, including permissions management, secrets protection, client data confidentiality, and prompt injection.
• Optimize AI usage and development efficiency by selecting models, monitoring token consumption, and evaluating productivity impact.
• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to understand requirements, propose solutions, and contribute to technical discussions.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and share best practices in AI-native software engineering.
• Contribute to PoCs, solution estimates, and presales activities.

Skills

5+ yrs exp

AI coding agents

Context engineering

Spec-driven dev

TDD/CI-CD

AI security

Cost optimization

System design

Client collaboration

English B2+

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking Senior Software Engineers to join small AI-native teams that use AI coding agents as the default approach to building software, including web apps, APIs, data pipelines, and modernization projects.

You will work on engineering with AI agents, shaping technical decisions, ensuring production-quality delivery, and partnering directly with client stakeholders to drive outcomes.