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Lead AI Engineer

EPAM Systems, Inc.
Doha, QAT
Full-time
Mid · 2+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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Responsibilities

  • Architect and deploy token-efficient AI search and retrieval systems optimized for cost, relevance and performance
  • Advise on AI adoption strategies, including when to apply RAG, agents, copilots or traditional engineering approaches
  • Define and implement spec-driven development practices with governance and reusable standards
  • Design KPIs to measure productivity gains, quality improvements and AI adoption maturity
  • Build end-to-end AI pipelines, including embeddings, vector stores, retrieval layers, LLM integrations and streaming inference
  • Develop operational strategies for agentic systems, including rollout governance, versioning and observability
  • Partner with product owners and engineering leads to define AI adoption roadmaps and enable workforce capability uplift
  • Drive training, playbooks and mentorship to accelerate workforce readiness in AI-enabled engineering workflows
  • Implement responsible AI practices, ensuring compliance with security, safety and ethical guidelines

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
  • 4+ years of experience building production AI systems or 2+ years in production-level LLM/RAG solutions
  • Proven track record leading AI transformations, strategy design and adoption initiatives
  • Deep expertise in RAG architectures: embeddings, vector DBs, retrieval strategies
  • Strong proficiency with Python, familiarity with Java and API protocols (REST/gRPC)
  • Experience with agent frameworks and implementing agentic workflows in enterprise software delivery
  • Practical knowledge of Kubernetes, cloud services, CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
  • Hands-on experience in integrating LLM providers and self-hosted models into scalable architectures
  • Knowledge of AI observability, testing frameworks, model versioning and prompt governance

We offer/Benefits

  • Private healthcare and life insurance
  • End of service gratuity
  • Annual air travel tickets for expatriates
  • Corporate Programs including Employee Referral Program with rewards
  • Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses

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