machine learning engineer

EPAM is a global provider of digital platform engineering and development services, helping enterprise clients build scalable software solutions and adopt advanced technologies.

• Productionize AI models, LLM applications and agent workflows into reliable Back-end services and automated pipelines;
• Build and enhance Python APIs, middleware and integrations connecting user interfaces, AI agents and enterprise systems;
• Deploy and support solutions across development, test and production with release management and version control;
• Implement authentication, authorization and access control for AI services, data and files using modern identity patterns;
• Design resilient systems with observability, robust error handling, retries and failover strategies;
• Create automated tests across unit, integration and API layers to protect production quality;
• Monitor model behavior, latency, token usage, operational costs and infrastructure health and act on insights;
• Optimize scalability and performance through caching, async processing and database tuning.

• Proven experience building Python back-end services with FastAPI, Pydantic, asynchronous programming and pytest;
• Hands-on experience connecting Azure OpenAI Service or OpenAI APIs including embeddings, tool calling, structured outputs and streaming;
• Background in LLM observability and telemetry using Langfuse, Grafana or comparable tools;
• Ability to create orchestration layers for session management, validation, transformation and system integrations;
• Strong SQL for reusable queries, quality checks, aggregation and analytics-focused data logic;
• Experience using Azure services such as Azure AI Search, Redis, cloud storage, managed identities and deployment pipelines;
• Hands-on experience delivering retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions with vector search, hybrid search and ranking techniques;
• Understanding of security practices including OAuth, Microsoft Entra ID and operational support for distributed systems.

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