AI & Emerging technologies

Principal AI & Data Engineer

EPAM Systems

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will design, build and productionize enterprise-grade AI and GenAI solutions on Azure and Databricks. You will develop scalable AI applications and data-driven solutions powered by LLMs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into robust architectures. You will drive innovation, reliability and scalability for enterprise environments, shaping the adoption of GenAI at scale. This is a hands-on, impact-focused role with opportunities to define technical roadmaps and governance.

Pay / Benefits
  • ESPP
  • life assurance and income protection
  • private medical insurance and dental care
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • pension plan
  • season ticket loans
Responsibilities
  • Develop and evaluate AI, GenAI and Agentic AI solutions on enterprise platforms
  • Build and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications with embedding strategies and evaluation
  • Design and deploy AI agents using LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen and related frameworks
  • Create scalable AI workflows using Databricks, MLflow, Azure AI Foundry and cloud-native services
  • Build and maintain robust data pipelines using modern data engineering practices and streaming tech
  • Deploy AI apps with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Databricks AI tools and Docker
  • Design evaluation frameworks to measure model quality and reliability
  • Implement CI/CD, testing, code quality, and GitHub processes
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable AI solutions
  • Contribute to architecture decisions, roadmaps and backlog from prototype to production
Key requirements
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Econometrics, Computer Science or related field
  • 8+ years of experience delivering data engineering, ML or AI solutions in enterprise environments
  • Strong AI data engineering with production-grade AI and GenAI systems
  • Hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure cloud services and Databricks AI technologies
  • Deep understanding of LLMs and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Strong experience with MLflow, GenAI evaluation frameworks and model benchmarking
  • Advanced Python and SQL with data modeling and ETL/ELT expertise
  • Solid knowledge of Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, Unity Catalog, Spark Structured Streaming and large-scale data processing
  • Experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF), Qlik Replicate and modern data architecture practices
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management
  • Excellent communication
  • stakeholder management
  • problem-solving
  • Azure AI Foundry
  • Azure cloud services
  • Databricks AI tools

Reference: WJ-747_31189659

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