We are looking for a

Chief Software Engineer to build a next-generation AI-powered financial assistant platform that rapidly iterates with business users to deliver chat, reporting, and bespoke interfaces for investment workflows. You will lead hands-on engineering across design and delivery in a small, high-autonomy team.

Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end delivery of an AI-powered assistant platform from concept to production

- Design scalable service architectures and define reliability, security, and performance requirements

- Build backend APIs and services in Python using FastAPI to support chat and reporting workflows

- Integrate LLM capabilities and apply AI-assisted development methods to accelerate delivery

- Translate high-level goals into detailed requirements, edge cases, and implementation plans

- Collaborate directly with business users to test, refine, and ship iterative product improvements

- Implement automated testing, observability, and incident-ready practices to maintain quality

- Deploy and operate services using cloud infrastructure and container orchestration

- Review code and enforce engineering standards for maintainability and correctness

- Mentor engineers and drive a culture of accountability, transparency, and excellence

Requirements

- 7+ years of experience in software engineering with advanced Python development

- 7+ years of experience building and shipping backend services using modern frameworks (FastAPI preferred)

- Senior leadership skills to drive technical decisions,



set quality bars, and mentor engineers

- Strong project ownership to take loosely defined problems from discovery through delivery

- Expert system design skills to define architecture, edge cases, and reliability strategies

- Strong cloud infrastructure skills with Amazon Web Services in production environments

- Strong platform engineering skills with Kubernetes-based deployments

- Strong infrastructure as code skills with Terraform

- Strong AI engineering skills with Large Language Models (LLM) and Gen AI Assisted Development workflows

- High autonomy and self-governance to gather low-level requirements and deliver independently

- Strong communication skills to collaborate with highly technical stakeholders

- Willingness to learn and adopt new languages and tools in a fast-paced environment

- Advanced English skills (C1)

Nice to have

- Amazon Web Services

- Kubernetes

- Terraform

- ReactJS

- Anthropic Claude Code

We offer

- International projects with top brands

- Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers

- Healthcare benefits

- Employee financial programs

- Paid time off and sick leave

- Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses

- Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses

- Integral career opportunities

- Volunteer and community involvement opportunities

- EPAM Employee Groups

- Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn

📌 Chief Software Engineer (AI-Powered Financial Assistant) (Argentina)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 Argentina