Senior AI Engineer

EPAM Systems Pune, India

About the role

This is a senior AI engineering role at EPAM Systems, based onsite in Pune. It's for an engineer who can take end-to-end ownership of building and deploying scalable AI and generative AI solutions. The role spans LLM-powered applications, ETL pipelines, model APIs and MLOps automation across major cloud platforms.

What you’ll do

  • Build and deploy production-grade AI/ML models and generative AI applications
  • Design, build and maintain ETL pipelines and enterprise data workflows
  • Develop LLM-powered applications using open-source and proprietary frameworks
  • Apply prompt engineering to optimize accuracy and output quality
  • Expose and deploy AI models through APIs and integrate them into business applications
  • Own full lifecycle from model development through containerized deployment and monitoring

What they’re looking for

  • 5-8 years of general IT experience, including 5+ years hands-on in AI engineering
  • Strong Python programming foundation
  • Track record designing ETL and data integration workflows
  • Hands-on experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch or Scikit-learn
  • Experience building LLM applications with prompt engineering
  • Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex or Hugging Face orchestration frameworks
  • Deployment experience on Azure, AWS or GCP
  • MLOps experience with MLflow, Kubeflow or Airflow
  • Strong API development and model serving expertise

Nice to have

  • Experience with RAG pipelines and vector databases
  • Familiarity with real-time or streaming data ingestion
  • Exposure to distributed system architectures and microservices
  • Experience with Databricks and PySpark
  • Professional English at B2 upper-intermediate level or above

What’s on offer

  • Full-time, onsite role in Pune

Questions about this role

Is this role remote?

No, it's listed as on-site in Pune.

How many years of experience do I need?

5-8 years of general IT experience, with at least 5+ years hands-on in AI engineering.

What skills matter most?

Python, ETL pipeline design, LLM application development and prompt engineering.

How this role compares

One of 15 open Senior AI Engineer roles we are tracking today.

This posting does not state pay. The middle of the 9 that do advertises ₹3,400,000 – ₹4,600,000 a year.

Posted 4 days ago, with 7 of the others posted since and 7 still open from before.

Counted across the roles Frontrunner has open right now.

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