Senior GenAI Engineer
EPAM Systems
- United States, United States
- Remote
- Posted Aug 17, 2026
Job description
About the role
The Senior GenAI Engineer will lead the end‑to‑end development, deployment, and operation of enterprise‑grade AI‑powered applications, focusing on backend services, LLM integration, cloud infrastructure, and AI platform operations to deliver scalable, reliable GenAI solutions across the AI software development lifecycle.
About the company
EPAM Systems is a global technology services and consulting firm that delivers software engineering and digital transformation solutions for international projects with top brands, and is recognized for an award‑winning culture.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in Python backend engineering
- Experience building and operating production‑grade GenAI/LLM applications end‑to‑end
- Hands‑on experience with OpenAI or other LLM APIs in production environments
- Skills in prompt engineering, agentic workflows, and orchestration patterns
- Experience handling LLM operational challenges such as latency, retries, fallbacks, observability, and cost optimization
- Understanding of scalable backend and distributed system architecture
- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps workflows, and Azure cloud environments
- Working knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases, Redis, and Kafka
- Familiarity with Databricks and MCP
- Excellent English communication skills (B2+ level)