EPAM is a leading integral provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture.

Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

We are seeking a nearshore Full Stack Lead Engineer to build and support commerce backend services and AI-driven, agentic checkout flows with strong validation and guardrails. You will collaborate across backend and frontend components while ensuring scalable, reliable, compliant delivery—apply now.

Responsibilities

- Design backend services for commerce domain systems such as payment, loyalty, and promotions
- Build REST APIs and microservices using Java and Spring Boot
- Enable AI-driven and agentic checkout flows with validations and guardrails
- Implement scalable and reliable service patterns to meet performance needs
- Ensure compliance and reliability standards across services and integrations
- Develop and maintain selected frontend components using ReactJS
- Integrate AI-assisted workflows into backend systems using Anthropic Claude Code
- Coordinate technical decisions and unblock delivery across nearshore collaboration
- Operate within required US Pacific Time overlap through 4pm PST minimum

Requirements





- 5+ years backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Practical production experience with Anthropic Claude Code
- 5+ years experience building REST APIs and microservices
- Lead-level experience guiding technical decisions and delivery
- Commerce domain experience supporting payment, loyalty, promotion, or related systems
- Cloud platform experience with GCP and/or Azure
- Strong ability to overlap with US Pacific Time and cover until 4pm PST minimum
- Production experience developing front-end components with ReactJS
- Exposure to AI-assisted or agent-based workflows and backend integrations
- Adaptability and willingness to learn new tools, patterns, and technologies
- Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)

Nice to have

- CCA-F certification
- Apigee experience
- JavaScript backend platform experience

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
- Global career opportunities
- Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
- EPAM Employee Groups
- Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn

EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

📌 Lead Java Full Stack Engineer (México)
🏢 Epam Systems
📍 México