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We are looking for a Chief Software Engineer to build a next-generation AI-powered financial assistant platform that brings chat, reporting, and bespoke interfaces into sophisticated investment workflows. You will lead hands-on delivery in a small, highly capable team, shaping product direction while iterating quickly with business users.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of an AI-powered financial assistant from design through production rollout

Define system designs that balance quality, latency, reliability, and cost for AI features

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

Implement AI evaluation and quality engineering with automated tests, regression suites, and monitoring

Establish security controls for AI applications including privacy, access control, auditability, and safe handling of sensitive data

Validate and harden AI behavior in production through failure analysis and iterative improvements

Collaborate directly with business users to gather requirements, refine UX,



and ship rapid iterations

Review, test, and verify AI-generated code using Gen AI assisted development and coding agents

Create guardrails against prompt-injection and other AI-specific risks within production constraints

Improve reliability and maintainability through disciplined engineering practices and clear interfaces

Contribute to a startup-style environment with lightweight process and high accountability

Partner with other senior engineers to align technical decisions and deliver cohesive platform outcomes

Requirements

7+ years of software engineering experience with Python or comparable languages

Strong leadership ability to drive technical direction in a small senior team

Strong ownership mindset to take loosely defined problems from discovery to production

Expert system design skills including edge cases, trade-offs, and scalable architectures

Advanced Python skills including API and service development

Strong FastAPI experience or deep experience with comparable Python web frameworks

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

Strong AI evaluation skills including automated evals, test datasets, regression testing, and failure analysis





Strong AI security knowledge including data privacy, access controls, prompt-injection risks, and guardrails

Strong quality engineering mindset focused on reliability, maintainability, and monitoring in production

Strong performance optimization skills across latency, cost, and throughput for AI applications

High autonomy and self-governance with minimal process and high trust

Advanced English proficiency (C1, Advanced)

Flexibility to collaborate across US, LatAm, and CET time zones

Willingness to learn and adopt new technologies rapidly as the AI ecosystem evolves

Nice to have

Amazon Web Services experience

Kubernetes experience

Terraform experience

ReactJS or Next.js experience with TypeScript/JavaScript

Node.js experience

We offer

International projects with top brands

Work with integral 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

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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.

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📌 Chief Software Engineer - AI-Powered, Python (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Epam Systems
📍 Ciudad de México