AI Platform Software Engineering Manager (Python/FastAPI)

We are seeking an AI Platform Software Engineering Manager to build a next-generation AI-powered financial assistant platform and need a hands-on senior engineer to shape production systems end-to-end. You will work in a small, highly capable team to iterate quickly from problem discovery through design, delivery, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end systems for an AI-powered assistant from loosely defined goals

• Build Python services and APIs using FastAPI for production workloads

• Deliver production implementations that balance quality, latency, reliability, and cost

• Define evaluation approaches for AI features using automated tests, datasets, and regression suites

• Implement monitoring and failure analysis workflows to validate AI behavior in production

• Apply security controls for AI systems including guardrails, auditability, and safe data handling

• Collaborate with business users to gather requirements, validate assumptions, and refine solutions

• Review and validate AI-generated code from coding agents to ensure correctness and safety

• Drive technical decisions in a low-formality environment and keep delivery moving

• Maintain a high bar for reliability, security, and maintainability across the codebase

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with Python or comparable languages

• Strong FastAPI experience building production APIs and services

• Strong forward deployed engineering experience working closely with business users

• Proven leadership skills to drive technical direction and uphold engineering standards

• Strong system design skills to define architecture from high-level problem statements

• Strong AI evaluation and quality engineering skills including automated evals and regression testing

• Strong AI security knowledge including data privacy, access control, and prompt-injection defenses

• Strong autonomy and self-governance skills to execute with minimal process

• High quality mindset focused on reliability, maintainability, and production readiness

• Advanced English proficiency (C1, Advanced) for clear collaboration and documentation

Nice to have

• Amazon Web Services

• Kubernetes

• Terraform

• ReactJS

• Anthropic Claude Code

We offer

• International projects with top brands

• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers

• Healthcare benefits

• Employee financial programs

• Paid time off and sick leave

• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses

• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses

• Global career opportunities

• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities

• EPAM Employee Groups

• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn