Principal AI & Data Engineer
EPAM Systems
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
- 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
- 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