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EPAM Systems

Lead Machine Learning Engineer

EPAM Systems
Latvia · Full-time · Mid-Senior

Are you ready to redefine technological innovation as a Lead Machine Learning Engineer?


We are looking for a motivated professional with a strong machine learning and data engineering background who is prepared to develop and implement transformative solutions.

In this role, you will work alongside diverse teams to engineer strategic solutions beyond traditional machine-learning boundaries. You will have the opportunity to lead groundbreaking projects and accelerate your career. Our workspace encourages innovation, supports professional growth and celebrates every milestone.

If you thrive on solving complex problems and aspire to make a significant impact, we invite you to apply and join us.

Feel free to work remotely from anywhere across Latvia or connect with colleagues at our Riga office.

Responsibilities


  • Lead and contribute to ML pipeline design, development, and operating lifecycle based on best practices
  • Develop and deploy complex AI/ML solutions on cloud infrastructure using ML engineering and MLOps workflows and tools capable of scaling in response to evolving business and technical needs
  • Create infrastructure and architecture diagrams
  • Collaborate with data scientists and engineering team to optimize ML pipeline performance
  • Allocate tasks to junior ML engineers and ensure task completion
  • Improve coding practices, support code reviews and introduce best practices for model management
  • Provide thought leadership in terms of new technologies and tools, suggest improvements
  • Support the interview process to hire junior and senior ML engineers


Requirements


  • Experience in AI/ML engineering and leadership
  • Proficiency in machine learning model development
  • Understanding of best practices in software engineering, data management, testing and deployment
  • Expertise in building scalable, reliable and maintainable ML systems
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with senior business stakeholders, clients and team members
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, mentor junior team members and provide technical leadership
  • Strong knowledge of Python development
  • Familiarity with cloud-native services: GCP, AWS, Azure
  • Experience with some of the MLOps-related platforms/technologies such as AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, GCP Vertex AI / AI Platform, Databricks MLFlow, Kubeflow, Airflow, TensorFlow Extended


Nice to have


  • Competency in the Apache Spark Ecosystem
  • Expertise in LLM/GenAI


We offer


  • Outstanding career development roadmap to accelerate your journey
  • Engineering community of industry’s top professionals
  • Certification and mentoring programs, training, and unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Innovative solutions delivery to the world’s industry leaders
  • Regular assessments and salary reviews
  • Bonuses for participating in the referral program
  • Flexible schedule and opportunity to work remotely from any place in Latvia
  • Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
  • Relocation within offices in 50+ countries with throughout support for you and your family
  • Four trust days a year (sick leave without a medical certificate)
  • High-quality medical services in terms of corporate health insurance


About EPAM


EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. For over 30 years, our team has helped leading brands navigate the waves of digital transformation, building solutions that help them stay competitive through constant market disruption.

With offices in 55+ countries, EPAM has grown in Latvia to over 130+ talented innovators in 2 years. We foster creativity and unconventional ways of doing things, welcoming like-minded professionals to join us.

Key Skills

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ai aws gcp cloud mlops spark apache mlflow python kubeflow tensorflow
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Posted
Oct 10, 2024
Type
Full-time
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
Latvia

Industries

Software Development IT Services IT Consulting

Categories

Engineering Information Technology

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