Senior Data Engineer, AI

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer with AI expertise to design and implement intelligent AI workflows that combine models, enterprise data, and business logic into reliable, production‑ready solutions. The role is fully remote, allowing you to work from anywhere in Armenia.

Key responsibilities

• Architect and build AI workflows that integrate models, prompts, enterprise data, tools, and business logic.
• Create and maintain prompt‑engineering processes, including versioning, testing, and optimization.
• Develop and operate production‑grade AI deployment pipelines and MLOps practices.
• Embed AI capabilities into enterprise systems, APIs, and user interfaces.
• Apply guardrails to ensure secure, transparent, and compliant AI behavior.
• Guarantee dependability, scalability, latency optimization, and cost efficiency of AI services.
• Implement monitoring and observability for usage, performance, drift, and failures.
• Set up change‑control, versioning, rollback, and release‑management practices.
• Collaborate with data scientists and business experts to validate model outputs and translate experiments into production solutions.

Required profile

• More than 3 years of software development experience.
• Solid engineering foundation combined with applied AI expertise.
• Proven ability to design AI workflows that merge models, prompts, and enterprise data.
• Experience with large‑scale enterprise data ecosystems.
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher.

Required skills

• Software development
• AI workflow architecture
• Prompt engineering (versioning, testing, optimization)
• MLOps and production‑grade AI deployment pipelines
• Monitoring and observability for AI systems
• Change control, versioning, and release management
• Enterprise data ecosystem integration

What we offer

• Fully remote work with flexibility to work from home or EPAM offices in Yerevan or Gyumri.
• Opportunities to work abroad for up to two months per year.
• Leadership development, career advising, soft‑skills and well‑being programs.
• Access to certifications (GCP, Azure, AWS) and EPAM’s internal learning database.
• Free English classes with certified teachers.