Python Team Lead

About the Position

We are seeking an experienced Python Team Lead to head a supplier team within the AI Acceleration group, focusing on building and enhancing AI agents and agentic capabilities to support BI's transition to AI Native teams. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering, driving innovation across AI-driven quality and automation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead a supplier team working within the AI Acceleration group, focusing on building and enhancing AI agents and agentic capabilities
• Analyze, leverage and improve existing AI agents, tools and frameworks, ensuring alignment with BI and Enterprise needs
• Drive the enhancement of the SAGE (Smart Augmented Quality Engineering) platform, including tuning test-generation and self-healing agents, and development of new agents (e.g., Contract testing agents)
• Automate high-impact engineering workflows through integration of existing or newly developed AI agents (such as Agile and QE agents)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (BI, Enterprise, QE, Agile) to identify automation opportunities and deliver scalable AI solutions
• Mentor and guide team members, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous learning and high performance
• Ensure best practices in AI engineering, quality assurance and agile methodologies are followed throughout the project lifecycle
• Communicate progress, challenges and solutions to stakeholders, providing technical leadership and strategic direction
• Own the architecture and technical direction of AI/agentic systems, ensuring scalability, reliability and maintainability
• Define and enforce best practices for agent design, orchestration and evaluation

Requirements

• Proven experience leading teams in AI/ML engineering projects, preferably in agentic systems or automation platforms
• 5+ years of experience in AI agent development, tuning and integration with Python, ML frameworks and agentic architectures
• Deep understanding of quality engineering, test automation and self-healing systems
• Experience with Agile methodologies and transitioning teams to AI Native practices
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and mentoring skills
• Ability to analyze complex workflows and identify automation opportunities

Skills

• Python
• AI Agents Development
• AI Solution Engineering
• Agentic Workflows
• Amazon Web Services
• GenAI-Driven Testing
• Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
• GitHub Actions
• Test Automation Frameworks

We Offer

With us you can:

• Work on a flexible schedule remotely or from any of our comfortable offices or coworking spaces in Ukraine
• Receive the necessary equipment to perform your work tasks
• Change projects and technology stacks within EPAM
• Gain experience in various business domains (Insurance, E-commerce, Healthcare, Finance, Travelling, Media, Artificial Intelligence, and more)
• Relocation opportunities may be available for eligible candidates, depending on the role and openings at other EPAM locations
• Participate in volunteer, charity programs and communities (both technical and interest-based)

We focus on your professional growth:

• You can plan your individual career path together with your manager
• Receive regular feedback from colleagues
• Improve your English for free with certified teachers (Speaking Clubs, client interview preparation courses, etc.)
• Get the opportunity to undergo free training and certification in AWS, GCP, or Azure Clouds
• Use the internal E-learn training program (18,200+ specialized training and mentoring programs)
• Access corporate accounts on LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract and other partner resources
• Study at EPAM Solution Architecture School with the instructors who are practicing architects
• Develop as a leader, join Delivery Management, Resource Management, Leadership Essentials school and more
• Participate in internal communities (500+ meetups, technical discussions, brainstorming sessions, online events and conferences annually)

What we offer:

• Vacation and sick leave (including a sick leave without a medical certificate)
• A wide range of Voluntary Medical Insurance programs providing both medical treatment and various preventive options (including sports activities)
• Medical insurance for family members at corporate rates
• Company support during significant life events (childbirth or adoption, marriage, etc.)
• Support for psychological comfort: discounts on services from mental health specialists or coaches, thematic training
• E-kids program - a free programming language training program for EPAMers' children

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